Opening hours:
Summer: 08:00-18:00
Winter: 07:00-16:00
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Student: 15 EGP
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Unfinished Obelisk In Aswan
A great disappointment for Ancient Egyptian stonemasons but an awe-inspiring site for tourists, the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan is the heaviest monolith found in Egypt. About 42 meters long and weighing an estimated 1168 tons, the obelisk would have been the largest piece of Egyptian masonry had it been completed. The obelisk was probably left unfinished after it cracked at the middle. It is still attached to the parent rock in the Northern Quarries, where the Ancient Egyptian quarried granite. Note the tool marks and pictographs of dolphins and birds engraved on this colossal obelisk.
Opening hours:
Summer: 08:00-18:00
Winter: 07:00-16:00
Ticket Price(s):
Regular: 30 EGP
Student: 15 EGP
Opening hours:
Summer: 08:00-18:00
Winter: 07:00-16:00
Ticket Price(s):
Regular: 30 EGP
Student: 15 EGP
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