Obelisk of the queen Hatshepsut the tallest standing in Egypt and can be easily identified by its single line of inscriptions. The queen Hatshepsut said that it took less than 7 months for the workers to cut and decorate these two giant blocks in the quarries of Aswan, move them by boat to Karnak, and raised them side by side in the Karnak Temple Complex. This, we must say was quite bold statement, but she was the queen of Egypt and miracles did happen. Luxor. Egypt