Obelisks over Karnak Two of three obelisks at the Temple of Amun at Karnak Temple Complex tower behind the Great Hypostyle Hall. The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right ...

NOVA: How will this year's attempt to raise the obelisk be different from the one in 1994? LEHNER: I think we have some really good people this year. I think Owain Roberts is enormously insightful.