Unfinished Obelisk

Take in the impressively gigantic Unfinished Obelisk.

Unfinished Obelisk
Area

Aswan

Type

Art & Architecture

History

Grade

Standard

Who

Adults

Older Kids

Difficulty

Moderate

Duration

1-2 Hours

At the southern end of Aswan is one of the granite quarries that supplied stone for temples and colossi in ancient times. Here lies a gigantic unfinished obelisk, which began to be hewn from the bedrock but was later abandoned after a flaw was detected. Had this obelisk been finished, it would have weighed 1168 tonnes and stood at a height of nearly 42 meters.


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