Dr Mike Jenkins explains the obelisk's iconography to 2010 tour participants
The broken obelisk in situ, West Bank, Aswan
The obelisk fragment (left) and grand transportation roadway. (C) Peter Tyson, WGBH Educational Foundation. Used with kind permission
A silicified sandstone obelisk of Ramesses II, now at Tanis
The quarry-face at Gebel Gulab from where Seti's was cut
Recent damage to the obelisk. (C) ELizabeth Bloxam, QuarryScapes Project. Used with kind permission
The now-destroyed royal face. (C) Peter Tyson, WGBH Educational Foundation. Used with kind permission
The obelisk being moved to safer grounds, March 2008. (C) ELizabeth Bloxam, QuarryScapes Project. Used with kind permission
The newly revealed face of the obelisk
