230 tons. 7 years. A feat deemed impossible. Here is the incredible journey of the Luxor Obelisk, from the banks of the Nile to the Place de la Concorde.

In 1830, amid a context of intense diplomatic exchanges, the Viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, presented France with two obelisks from the Temple of Luxor. This was a powerful gesture of recognition toward France, which had played a major role in the deciphering of hieroglyphs thanks to Champollion. But beyond the political gesture, a titanic challenge arose: how could a 230-ton, 23-meter-high monolith be transported at a time when modern technologies did not exist?

This documentary plunges us into one of the greatest engineering adventures of the 19th century, reconstructed using the most innovative tools available today: artificial intelligence, ultra-realistic 3D, and immersive sequences that allow us to relive every stage of this odyssey, from Luxor to Paris.