Wednesday, we arose early - 5:30 a.m. - and headed to the Unfinished Obelisk. This was an obelisk that was to be made, as they all were, out of a single piece of granite. It would have been the largest obelisk at over 41 meters (the largest is just over 39) and was commissioned by queen Hatshepsut, but it unfortunately cracked during the removal process, so it was never finished. The first thing we noticed upon arriving at the site, however, was not the quarry itself, but the numerous stray dogs living there. The other two photos are of 1) our new friends, Robert and Jean, standing above the obelisk to give you a sense of scale, and 2) a view of the obelisk still lying in its quarry bed.
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