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Egyptologist in Paris Discovers Secret Messages on the Luxor Obelisk (gizmodo.com)
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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, an Egyptologist and cryptologist from the Catholic University of Paris, claims to have discovered seven previously undocumented messages carved into the 13th-century BCE Luxor Obelisk. Altogether, the inscriptions were intended to establish Pharaoh Ramses II’s divine authority in the eyes of the ancient Egyptian elite.

What's a cryptologist anyway? Studies crypts or cryptography?

Some (perhaps all) of the new messages were hidden in the hieroglyphs themselves, a technique known as “crypto-hieroglyphs” used by the ancient Egyptian elite that today only six Egyptologists in the world are able to interpret, according to La Brújula Verde.

So looks like Gizmodo is sourcing this from The Green Compass, which looks like a sensationalist news from their homepage headlines. Well, let's hope Mr Olette-Pelletier publishes his paper soon.