Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan, Egypt
Aswan — abandoned in the quarry, cracked.
Still attached to its bedrock, this obelisk would have stood about 42 metres and weighed near 1,100 tonnes — a third larger than any obelisk ever raised. Work stopped when a crack opened through it. Because it was abandoned mid-process it is the best evidence anywhere for how the job was done: the trenches around it still carry the pounding marks left by dolerite balls.
- Frame
- _DSC6752.jpg
- Date taken
- 2026-02-23 14:57:22
- Camera
- Sony ILCE-7RM4
- Lens
- FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
- Focal
- 24mm
- Aperture
- f/7.1
- Shutter
- 1/500
- ISO
- 100
- Exposure
- Program AE
- Metering
- Multi-segment
- Flash
- Off, Did not fire
- White balance
- Auto
- Colour
- sRGB
- Place
- Aswan, Egypt
- GPS
- 24.07700, 32.89570
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24.07700, 32.89570