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<< Our Photo Pages >> El Zadalek Island Obelisk - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 27 March 2006  Page Views: 5493

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: El Zadalek Island Obelisk
Country: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 4.837 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cairo  Nearest Village: Cairo
Latitude: 30.047090N  Longitude: 31.227800E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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El Zadalek Island Obelisk
El Zadalek Island Obelisk submitted by AlexHunger : Obelisk in Park on El Zadalek Island in Central Cairo accross the river from the Hilton. Please make a comment if you know which pharao errected it and from where it was taken from. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Lower Egypt (North)

Obelisk in Park on El Zadalek Island in Central Cairo accross the river from the Hilton.

Please make a comment if you know which pharao errected it and from where it was taken from.
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El Zadalek Island Obelisk
El Zadalek Island Obelisk submitted by AlexHunger : Obelisk in Park on El Zadalek Island in Central Cairo accross the river from the Hilton. Please make a comment if you know which pharao errected it and from where it was taken from. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: El Zadalek Island Obelisk by Anonymous on Friday, 10 June 2016
This obelisk was made by Ramses II.

This obelisk is probably built in the Pi-Ramesses, it believed that then was taken to Tanis.

Transported from Tanis in 1961 and was built at the current location
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