Back المسلة الناقصة Arabic Obelisc inacabat d'Assuan Catalan Unvollendeter Obelisk von Assuan German Obelisco inacabado de Asuán Spanish هرمسنگ ناقص Persian Obélisque inachevé French Obelisco incompiuto di Assuan Italian 未完成のオベリスク Japanese 미완성 오벨리스크 Korean सिमधंगु ओबेलिस्क NEW
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The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk [citation needed] and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. It was studied in detail by Reginald Engelbach in 1922.[1]
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]
- ^ Reginald Engelbach, 1922, The Aswân Obelisk, with some remarks on ancient engineering
- ^ "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2021.