Egypt's unfinished Aswan obelisk weighs about 1,090 metric tonnes (1,200 short tons)—roughly 2.2 times the 500-tonne ship limit cited in the video, not 2.6 times. The Lateran Obelisk weighs about 455 tonnes and took several decades to complete. The video cites a 2023 paper on the limits of dolerite pounding and notes the absence of chisel marks in the trench, which it presents as evidence for an alternative extraction method. The Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 is a 120-tonne crane, not a 1,200-tonne crane.
Unfinished Obelisk Weighs About 2.2 Times the Cited 500-Tonne Ship Limit
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Key facts
- The unfinished Aswan obelisk weighs about 1,090 metric tonnes (1,200 US short tons).
- Compared with the 500-tonne ship load cited in the video, it is about 2.2 times as heavy, not 2.6 times.
- The Lateran Obelisk weighs roughly 455 tonnes and took several decades to complete.
- The video cites a 2023 paper arguing that dolerite pounding was inadequate and interprets the absence of chisel marks in the trench as support for an alternative extraction method.
- The Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 has a 120-tonne lifting capacity, not 1,200 tonnes.
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