The World’s First Hanging Obelisk At the threshold of the Grand Egyptian Museum, a monument from ancient Egypt does something no obelisk has ever done before. This is the obelisk of Ramses II— carved from pink granite over 3,000 years ago, transported from San el-Hagar (ancient Tanis), standing 16 meters tall and weighing nearly 110 tons. But what makes it revolutionary is not its age or size. For the first time in history, an ancient obelisk is suspended, lifted above the ground so visitors can