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[[File:GeographKingston Lacy- Egyptian obelisk and House (geograph 1789450-by-Eugene-Birchall).jpg|thumb|The Philae obelisk with [[Kingston Lacy]] in the background]]
The '''Philae obelisk''' is one of two [[obelisk]]s discovered in 1815 at [[Philae]] in [[Upper Egypt]]. It was soon afterwards obtained by [[William John Bankes]], an acquisition which included an important [[bilingual inscription]].