These towering granite structures were usually placed in pairs at the immediate entrance of a temple or city. Inscriptions on the side usually tell a short story of the Pharaoh that constructed it and the God to whom it was dedicated.
Although impressive, the pyramids are constructed of limestone, a soft stone which is easy to quarry.
Obelisks are made of red Aswan granite, a stone that is so hard, most builders that we interviewed could not give an explanation as to how it was cut, let alone moved.
Some did tell us that the Egyptian's tools were made of copper; hardened with an unknown metal.
"New Age" circles describe an energy released by the obelisk when the quartz in the granite is compressed by its heavy weight.
