The Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan, commissioned by Queen Hatshepsut, was intended to be the largest obelisk ever made at 42 meters tall. The project was abandoned due to cracks in the granite during carving. Despite being unfinished, it offers valuable insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques
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Nora Shawki is a National Geographic Explorer and Egyptian archaeologist, who has been excavating ancient sites in the Nile Delta & Sudan for over a decade. Nora has served as a field archaeologist on foreign missions in areas that include Tell Timai (Thmuis), Sa El Hagar (Sais) and Tell Mutubis in Egypt, as well as Tombos and El Kurru in northern Sudan. Her main project focus is currently at the Pyramids of Giza on the AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) team.
