Pharaoh’s tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt<\/a><\/h4>\nDr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh’s tomb, dating back 3,600 years. (Credit: Josef Wegner for the Penn Museum)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Ancient “propaganda” that was used to support the Egyptian pharaoh who is believed to be a major character of the Old Testament<\/a> has been spotted in Paris, according to an expert.<\/p>\nJean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, an Egyptologist from Paris-Sorbonne University and Institut Catholique de Paris, recently spoke with Fox News Digital about his findings, which are set to be published in the coming months.<\/p>\n
The expert found the propaganda, which is supportive of Ramesses II, on the 3,300-year-old obelisk that sits in Paris’ Place de la Concorde. Olette-Pelletier saw the obelisk up close in 2021 after receiving permission to climb scaffolding to conduct research.<\/p>\n
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER TOMB OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY BEHIND FALSE DOOR: ‘UNVEILS NEW SECRETS’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nRamesses II, who was born in 1303 B.C. and died in 1213 B.C., is considered one of the most influential and powerful Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom.<\/p>\n
The Egyptian monarch is often cited as the most likely candidate for the pharaoh mentioned in Exodus, though an explicit name was never given in the Old Testament<\/a>. The pharaoh is said to have retaliated against Moses and refused his requests in Exodus \u2014 resulting in a series of plagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n![\"Split](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1200\/675\/egypt-ramesses-ii-propaganda-1.png?ve=1&tl=1\")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nOlette-Pelletier identified seven cryptographies, or codes, which assert Ramesses II’s authority from 1280 B.C. on.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOlette-Pelletier called the pro-Ramesses hieroglyphs “propaganda.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
He identified seven cryptographies, or codes, which assert Ramesses II’s authority from 1280 B.C. on.<\/p>\n
“It was a message from Ramesses II to the nobility,” the expert said, noting the Egyptian nobility<\/a> were able to read the codes.<\/p>\nARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER LONG-LOST TOMB OF UNKNOWN PHARAOH IN EGYPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nOlette-Pelletier said Ramesses II was born before his father Seti I became pharaoh \u2013 and therefore was not conceived by the gods. Not being of divine essence could have hampered his legitimacy to the throne.<\/p>\n
“The nobility, able to read cryptographies, might be tempted by an overthrow of power since Ramesses II was not born of theogamy and therefore not divine by birth,” Olette-Pelletier said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nThe codes allegedly reveal Ramesses II’s efforts to assert his divine authority and avert a coup.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe expert added, “[Ramesses II] spent the first two years of his reign emphasizing his divinity with his wife Nefertari by paying homage at Egypt’s great shrines<\/a>, and by buying priests.”<\/p>\n“In the process, he changed his name from Usermaatra to Usermaatra Setepenra, [which means] \u2018chosen of Ra.\u2019”<\/p>\n
For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\nThe obelisk has four sides, and Olette-Pelletier noted that the side that faces the Seine (and was intended to face the Nile) shows Ramesses II “wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.”<\/p>\n
The expert also said that Ramesses II “underlined his divine knowledge” by using codes to convey the swaying messages.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nEgyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier uncovered the pro-Ramesses II hieroglyphs on Paris’ obelisk.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“The obelisk also contains hidden texts that show the nobility that he is a legitimate and divine king, thus averting a possible coup d’\u00e9tat,” Olette-Pelletier said.<\/p>\n
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n“So, indeed, these are propaganda texts.”<\/p>\n
The cryptographies also claim that Ramesses II was the “provider of the Nile flood and thus of the country’s wealth,” according to Olette-Pelletier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nThe expert found the messages on the 3,300-year-old obelisk that sits in Paris’ Place de la Concorde.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe discovery is one of many finds related to Ramesses II that have been uncovered in the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In September, an ancient sword<\/u><\/a> belonging to Ramesses’ military was unearthed in Housh Eissa, a city in Egypt’s Beheira Governorate.<\/p>\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nIn January, Egyptian officials announced they would begin to restore Ramesses II’s temple<\/a> in the Luxor Governorate, the Ramesseum.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n
Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, an Egyptologist from Paris-Sorbonne University and Institut Catholique de Paris, recently spoke with Fox News Digital about his findings, which are set to be published in the coming months.<\/p>\n
The expert found the propaganda, which is supportive of Ramesses II, on the 3,300-year-old obelisk that sits in Paris’ Place de la Concorde. Olette-Pelletier saw the obelisk up close in 2021 after receiving permission to climb scaffolding to conduct research.<\/p>\n
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER TOMB OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY BEHIND FALSE DOOR: ‘UNVEILS NEW SECRETS’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Ramesses II, who was born in 1303 B.C. and died in 1213 B.C., is considered one of the most influential and powerful Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom.<\/p>\n The Egyptian monarch is often cited as the most likely candidate for the pharaoh mentioned in Exodus, though an explicit name was never given in the Old Testament<\/a>. The pharaoh is said to have retaliated against Moses and refused his requests in Exodus \u2014 resulting in a series of plagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n Olette-Pelletier identified seven cryptographies, or codes, which assert Ramesses II’s authority from 1280 B.C. on.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Olette-Pelletier called the pro-Ramesses hieroglyphs “propaganda.”\u00a0<\/p>\n He identified seven cryptographies, or codes, which assert Ramesses II’s authority from 1280 B.C. on.<\/p>\n “It was a message from Ramesses II to the nobility,” the expert said, noting the Egyptian nobility<\/a> were able to read the codes.<\/p>\n ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER LONG-LOST TOMB OF UNKNOWN PHARAOH IN EGYPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Olette-Pelletier said Ramesses II was born before his father Seti I became pharaoh \u2013 and therefore was not conceived by the gods. Not being of divine essence could have hampered his legitimacy to the throne.<\/p>\n “The nobility, able to read cryptographies, might be tempted by an overthrow of power since Ramesses II was not born of theogamy and therefore not divine by birth,” Olette-Pelletier said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The codes allegedly reveal Ramesses II’s efforts to assert his divine authority and avert a coup.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The expert added, “[Ramesses II] spent the first two years of his reign emphasizing his divinity with his wife Nefertari by paying homage at Egypt’s great shrines<\/a>, and by buying priests.”<\/p>\n “In the process, he changed his name from Usermaatra to Usermaatra Setepenra, [which means] \u2018chosen of Ra.\u2019”<\/p>\n For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n The obelisk has four sides, and Olette-Pelletier noted that the side that faces the Seine (and was intended to face the Nile) shows Ramesses II “wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.”<\/p>\n The expert also said that Ramesses II “underlined his divine knowledge” by using codes to convey the swaying messages.<\/p>\n Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier uncovered the pro-Ramesses II hieroglyphs on Paris’ obelisk.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The obelisk also contains hidden texts that show the nobility that he is a legitimate and divine king, thus averting a possible coup d’\u00e9tat,” Olette-Pelletier said.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “So, indeed, these are propaganda texts.”<\/p>\n The cryptographies also claim that Ramesses II was the “provider of the Nile flood and thus of the country’s wealth,” according to Olette-Pelletier.\u00a0<\/p>\n The expert found the messages on the 3,300-year-old obelisk that sits in Paris’ Place de la Concorde.<\/span> (Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The discovery is one of many finds related to Ramesses II that have been uncovered in the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n In September, an ancient sword<\/u><\/a> belonging to Ramesses’ military was unearthed in Housh Eissa, a city in Egypt’s Beheira Governorate.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In January, Egyptian officials announced they would begin to restore Ramesses II’s temple<\/a> in the Luxor Governorate, the Ramesseum.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n