The Aswân Obelisk
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The Aswân Obelisk offers remarks on ancient engineering and considers how an obelisk could be detached from its bed and brought into a position for handling and transport. The discussion of quarry extraction asks how the obelisk could be detached from its bed and placed in a position for handling and transport. The account expressly notes that this particular obelisk has not been transported, while stating that the person responsible had definite ideas about performing the task.
The description of a wooden tower records pairs of blocks and tackles attached at four points along an obelisk protected by matting and planks. The account of that lifting operation describes raising the obelisk high enough to introduce a cradle or platform on rollers underneath it.
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- Author
- Reginald Engelbach
- Pages
- 90
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ancient History
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