View of 2 obelisks inside the Karnak temple in Luxor

This was a pretty rare sight. There are almost no other places in the world where you can see 2 such magnificent obelisks in the same location, and here they are in the Karnak temple complex in Luxor. As far as I can remember from my history, both these Obelisks were placed at the entry to the temple by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, who is also famous for being the most powerful woman ruler for a long time (certainly at her time, there was no other woman ruler in such a position).
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