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Just south of Aswan, lies this ancient granite quarry with its unfinished obelisk. [Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan - Egypt]

DSC_0871.jpg Had it been finished, it would have been the largest in Egypt, weighing approx. 1,200 tonnes and about 130 ft. high.
[UnfinisheSmámyndirStill partly attached to the parent rock, it tells us how these giant obelisks were made.
[Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan - Egypt]Had it been finished, it would have been the largest in Egypt, weighing approx. 1,200 tonnes and about 130 ft. high.
[UnfinisheSmámyndirStill partly attached to the parent rock, it tells us how these giant obelisks were made.
[Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan - Egypt]Had it been finished, it would have been the largest in Egypt, weighing approx. 1,200 tonnes and about 130 ft. high.
[UnfinisheSmámyndirStill partly attached to the parent rock, it tells us how these giant obelisks were made.
[Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan - Egypt]

Just south of Aswan, lies this ancient granite quarry with its unfinished obelisk.
[Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan - Egypt]

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