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The unfinished obelisk in its quarry at Aswan, 1990. The obelisk and wider quarry were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite the quarry site being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae). [2]
The quarries and the stone temples here are visible from boats on the Nile. The quarry was active sometime during the Old Kingdom through the Late Period and remains largely intact in modern time. [1] Typical materials known from this site are: Sandstone [1] Some of the monuments known to come from this site are: Temple of Horemheb
Image Height (with base) Pharaoh Original location Current location Ref; Name Reign Place (since) City Sovereign state Unfinished obelisk: 41.75 m: Hatshepsut: 1479 – 1458 BC: Aswan (in situ) Stone Quarries, Aswan: Aswan: Egypt [7] Lateran Obelisk: 32.18 m (45.70 m with base) Thutmose III / Thutmose IV: 1479 – 1425 BC / 1401 – 1391 BC ...
Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
Aswan includes five monuments within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae; these are the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa, the town of Elephantine, the stone quarries and Unfinished Obelisk, the Monastery of St. Simeon and the Fatimid Cemetery. [6]
[23] [4] Several hundred years prior to the soldiers inscribing these rocks, pastoral nomads first drew images of themselves and their animals, including cows on this pinnacle. [3] Site 6 is currently being turned into a 3-D model. [17] Site 27 is a small node in this surveillance network, made up of a small hut and one inscription of a soldier ...
Sites in their original location, north of the Aswan Low Dam [36] – although these five sites are grouped within the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae", they are neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae Qubbet el-Hawa (Old and Middle Kingdom Tombs) Ruins of town of Elephantine; Stone quarries and Unfinished obelisk, Aswan
Sehel was home to a stone quarry for granite used during various Ancient Egyptian eras, and there are many inscriptions in the island's granite boulders. These inscriptions were usually left by travellers marking either the start or end of their journey to Nubia. There are several famous inscriptions that record ancient historical events.