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The obelisks of Ramesses II

List the name, current_city and height_m of every obelisk attributed solely to Ramesses II, tallest first.

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What you are given

obelisks(name, pharaoh, current_city, height_m). Some obelisks carry a shared attribution such as 'Seti I / Ramesses II'.

Starting point

SELECT name, current_city, height_m
FROM obelisks
WHERE pharaoh = ...
ORDER BY ...;

The reference solution is checked automatically when you run your query on the practice page — results are compared row by row, and order matters for this one.

Did you know

Ramesses II raised more surviving obelisks than any other pharaoh — and also re-inscribed monuments raised by his predecessors. (Wikipedia, Egyptian obelisks)

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