The unfinished obelisk is located in the northern part of a quarry located near Aswan on the eastern shore of the Nile, about 1 km east of the Nile.The height of the obelisk will reach about 41 m, and the weight when completed about 1168 tons.
The construction phase is not yet identified and it is believed that the work was begun during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut in order to transfer it to the Karnak Temple in Luxor. After digging the ancient Egyptian workers obelisk on three sides, in preparation for the removal of the ground and the completion of processing discovered a crack in it makes them not suitable, the workers stopped completing, and the bottom surface of the chain length of 42 meters connected to the ground from the main rock.