Aswan - Unfinished Obelisk

The favored pink granite found in ancient monuments throughout Egypt and even beyond came from Aswan, much of it from the quarry where you can still see an unfinished obelisk rooted to the bedrock. The work was undertaken during the New Kingdom, and had it been completed, it would have been the largest piece of stone handled in history. Work stopped after a flaw was discoverd in the stone.

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