Unfinished Obelisk Aswan

Aswan a smaller city than Cairo, so much to see. Yes my walk continues as well as climbing many steps. Our first visit in Aswan was to see the unfinished Obelisk. A flaw was discovered in the massive Obelisk'-to-be and it was left imprisoned in the bedrock. If it had been raised, it would have stood 137 feet tall--taller than any other obelisk--- …

Aswan: Unfinished Obelisk, Temple of Philae, Perfume Shop, High Dam & flight to Cairo

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We were down for breakfast at 6:30 with our bags packed and outside our room, ready to go at 7:15am. Our first stop was the site of the old Aswan Granite Quarry, the site of the Unfinished Obelisk which Queen …

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We were up at 4:00am today to catch our early morning flight to Aswan. We are going to spend the next three days sailing down the Nile River. This area is called Upper Egypt, because the Nile River flows down to Cairo. In Aswan, 75% of the houses of government sudsidized, the people who live in these houses pay only 20 pounds/ …

It was sad to leave the Sudan this morning. We were living large on board. We found out that Sabina and Luke were also going to the Mövenpick hotel tonight. We made plans to get together after our tour. They were going to relax in the hotel for the day. Our new tour guide met us in the lobby and we were off to the unfinished obelisk. Aswan was the …

The train arrived in Aswan at 8.30am on the dot and we were met by our guide, Ahmed (a really nice guy and a fantastic guide). Everything so far in Egypt has been very timely and everyone sticks to time which Nuwan of course found a little challenging to keep up with.

Unlike Cairo, Aswan is beautiful, much cleaner and greener - a pretty …

Sorry people about the delay there has been a lack of internet access and also time to write; I am exhausted! Right now I am sitting on the top deck of Tosca (or osca as we call it because the T does not light up on the side of the boat sign) in Aswan the sun has just gone down and rope light on the side rails are beginning to illuminate the deck. …

We wake after a fitful night’s sleep of rolling around in our beds aboard the sleeper train. Just after 10:00pm we departed Cairo and now we are in Aswan, in the south of Egypt. We’ve been awake for a while but the train is late into the station, probably because of the many stops we’ve made. We lurch around in our cabins because …

Day 3: Aswan....Overnight train to Aswan, is a good cheap way to get there...about 14 hours in a sleeper cabin which i had to myself. Old, a little dingy, disgusting bathrooms and terrible airflow (smoking is permitted everywhere!) i suggest if you have the cash, FLY! the meals were a sorry excuse for food, service was terrible and of course a TIP …

... in 1971. The lake 'Lake Nasser' it created is the world's biggest artificial lake. After the lake we headed to the Unfinished Obelisk that lies in an ancient quarry. The Obelisk is a massive 49 meters long and was almost complete except for the ...

... ;  We chose to do the organized tour of the area, it was to become a very tiring day. we first of all visited the unfinished obelisk, now looking at this, many will say, It's only a chunk of stone, not very impressed at all. I urge you to look ...

... part of the cemetery using a series of hand gestures.  On the other side of the cemetery was the site of the Unfinished Obelisk in the Northern Quarries. Somehow we managed to walk through the whole quarry without actually seeing the obelisk. We had ...

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... , although he moved in the end so was only testing his final resting place out! After all that we eventually got to the Unfinished Obelisk - a 42 metre long beast of a pyramidal obelisk (much like the ones you find still standing in Rome) which sits ...

... This granite quarry held pink granite of a huge unfinished obelisk as well as 2 unfinished sarcophagi, a colossus and a smaller unfinished obelisk. We were able to see how different granite artifacts were carved out whole. Afterwards, we stopped at a ...

... journey thanks to mom and dad! Once on our boat we set off to visit the dam, Philae temple, and the sight of the unfinished obelisk. The temple was moved when they flooded to make the dam. Very impressive bit of history! We learned about Isis and ...

... and was happy to give a little baksheesh for his time.  I exited the cemetery and headed for a rock quarry, which contained an unfinished obelisk; however it was 3:30 and the quarry closed at 4pm, so I decided not to pay the 25 EGP entrance ...

... ? I can sleep through anything! When we arrived at the station, we got onto another tour bus an headed towards the unfinished obelisk. The obelisk would have been the tallest ever made if it hadn't cracked while trying to get it out. The Egyptians ...

... Quaries where the Egyptians mined their granite. They carved some great granite obelisks from this rock. This one is call the unfinished obelisk. Half way through digging it our of the quarry, it developed a huge crack and they abandoned it. Sandy ...