Unfinished Obelisk

Aswan Governorate · Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk, Egypt
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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October to April
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Lying in an ancient granite quarry near Aswan, this enormous obelisk was abandoned when cracks appeared during carving. Had it been completed, it would have been the largest known obelisk of ancient Egypt.

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