The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan.
CodeBandit says The reason it’s ‘unfinished’ is because it cracked and was abandoned. You can even see the large crack running down the length at the top. If it hadn’t cracked it would have been the tallest the Egyptians erected.
Kanwarsation says So it’s a ‘return’ for a customer then? Wonder if the customer got a refund or a smaller replacement piece.
JungleLiquor says
banana for scale?
K-nan says
They were saving it for me; it’s mine.
somekindafuzz says
So that’s a single solid piece? How the hell do you cut it out from the bottom?
LukaNugent says
I imagine this would also be a great post for r/arthistory. Just a thought.
HighsenBurrg says
I saw it less than a year ago, it is absolutely MASSIVE.
CodeBandit says
The reason it’s ‘unfinished’ is because it cracked and was abandoned. You can even see the large crack running down the length at the top.
If it hadn’t cracked it would have been the tallest the Egyptians erected.
Kanwarsation says
So it’s a ‘return’ for a customer then? Wonder if the customer got a refund or a smaller replacement piece.
Moctopus115 says
It’s such a sad thing, really.
Someone should finish it.