Below, a wider night-time shot showing the whole contraption:
AP reports that the rock's journey was delayed repeatedly as 22 cities weighed in on its path:
The museum finally worked out a route that went around freeway overpasses, stayed away from bridges and avoided narrow streets to enough of a degree that everybody was satisfied. The total project is costing $5 million to $10 million. "It's funny, the Egyptians didn't have rubber wheels and diesel trucks to move things. But they also didn't have 22 cities through which they had to move their stones," museum director Michael Govan noted recently.
