Raising an Obelisk – An engineering puzzle

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1. How much did some obelisks weigh?

2. What does the groove on the stand do?

3. Why did they have to stop the first time they tried?

4. What type of calculations do we know the Egyptians did.

5. How did the group at the rock quary lower the obelisk?

6. How did they move it the remaining 15 degrees?