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Obelisks still in Egypt

List the name and current_city of every obelisk that still stands in Egypt.

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What you are given

obelisks(name, pharaoh, original_site, current_city, current_country, height_m, year_moved).

Starting point

SELECT name, current_city
FROM obelisks
WHERE current_country = ...;

The reference solution is checked automatically when you run your query on the practice page — results are compared row by row.

Did you know

Only about half the surviving ancient Egyptian obelisks are still in Egypt — the rest were carried off, mostly to Rome. (Wikipedia, Egyptian obelisks)

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