Quarry workings at the site of the Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan, Egypt.
The Northern Quarries in Aswan are best known for the gigantic unfinished obelisk in situ roughly dressed and nearly cut free from the bedrock. Hewn out of fine red granite for transportation to Luxor and maybe Karnak temple.
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