15-th episode of 24-th season "NOVA"

What "NOVA" 15-th episode about

Pharaohs who built magnificent temples to preserve their names for eternity often graced temple gates with pairs of obelisks, four-sided shafts of granite that taper gently upward until the sides meet at the top to form a pyramid shape. NOVA's team of experts attempts to build, transport, and raise a scale model obelisk using those materials available to ancient Egyptian engineers: rope, dirt, sticks, and stones.

Episode number: 15

Episode name: "Secrets Of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk"

Episode release date: 13 february 1997 at 02:00

Status: aired