The unfinished Obelisk Quarry in Aswan, Egypt, has a canal that may have connected to the Nile and allowed the large stone monuments to float to their permanent locations, according to an ...

"The famous granite quarries lie in the hills to the south of Aswan. They were the main source of granite in Egypt, exploited from earliest time right through to the Greco-Roman Period. The ...

Hello Hunters, Today i'm taking you with me to the unfinished obelisk at Aswan Quarry, and we put the dolerite ball theory to the test. Then sailed down the river Nile to Elephantine Island the ...

The quarry itself is historic, and was once used to provide high-quality sandstone for structures throughout Egypt, including Luxor and Karnak for a period of about 1.500 years during the New Kingdom ...

At Aswan’s quarry, we test the dolerite ball theory where Egypt’s largest obelisk lies unfinished. Could this be how ancient engineers shaped granite?

The unfinished Obelisk Quarry in Aswan, Egypt, has a canal that may have connected to the Nile and allowed the large stone monuments to float to their permanent locations, according to an ...