Ancient ruins
Unfinished Obelisk
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Tamer
September 19, 2022
This place is a witness how the obelisk were created by the ancient Egyptians.
Safi
August 5, 2018
It shows how the ancient work men made this enormous structure.
Ahmed
August 1, 2022
You will see a historical site that has been there for thousands of years for an unfinished obelisk, and you will hear the stories of how the ancient Egyptians built those giant obelisks.
Ahmed
December 2, 2021
The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. Its creation was ordered by Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC), possibly to complement what would later be known as the Lateran Obelisk (which was originally at Karnak, and was later brought to the Lateran Palace in Rome). The unfinished obelisk is nearly one-third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 metres (138 ft) and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes (1,200 short tons), a weight equal to about 200 African elephants. The obelisk's creators began to carve it directly out of bedrock, but cracks appeared in the granite and the project was abandoned. The bottom side of the obelisk is still attached to the bedrock. The unfinished obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques, with marks from workers' tools still clearly visible as well as ochre-colored lines marking where they were working.
The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. Its creation was ordered by Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC), possibly to complement what would later be known as the Lateran Obelisk (which was origina…
Ahmed
January 7, 2020
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Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Governorate