The Aswân Obelisk With some remarks on the Ancient Engineering

"The Aswân Obelisk" by Reginald Engelbach is a non-fiction work that examines the enormous, incomplete obelisk in Aswân, Egypt, to understand the engineering strategies used by ancient Egyptians. The story begins by describing King Fuad's mission to clear the area around the obelisk, which was mostly hidden by debris next to the Cataract Hotel. The beginning reveals the early stages of cleaning up the site and also shows the enormous size of the obelisk and the problems that came up during the work. The book looks closely at the trench around the obelisk, its structure, ancient quarrying methods, and how workers utilized these engineering techniques.