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Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City during the nineteenth century. The London and New York ones are a pai...
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There are three Cleopatra's Needles: in London, Paris and New York City. Each obelisk is made of red granite, stands about 68 feet high, weighs about 180 ...
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Cleopatra's Needle is located on the Thames Embankment in London close to the Embankment underground station. The Obelisk was actually constructed for Tuthmose III and is carved with Hieroglyphics praising Tuthmose and commemorating his third sed festival.
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[Unveiled 1881]; 1500 BC; This colossal man-made object is certainly a wonder to Central Park visitor who sees it. Originally built as a pair for the ; Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis around the year 461 B.C., ... Pharaoh Tutmosis III. United States in the hope of cultivating trade relations between the two countries.
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Probably the strangest monument in Central Park is the 71 foot, 244 ton Obelisk, or Cleopatra's Needle. Easily the oldest manmade object in the park it is located in what is now a secluded bower directly behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... The nickname "Cleopatra's Needle" has in fact nothing to do with Cleopatra,
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There are actually three Cleopatra's Needles, although their host nations sometimes forget this in the literature they publish about these interesting and famous obelisks. One Cleopatra's Needle is located in London, another in New York's C...
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Cleopatra's Needle - where it came from, how it got to London ... It was made in Egypt for the Pharaoh Thotmes III in 1460 BC, making it almost 3,500 years old. It is known as Cleopatra's Needle as it was brought to London from Alexandria, the royal city of Cleopatra.
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First erected in Egypt, by Pharaoh Thotmes 111 around 1500BC. It was a gift to the British people, in 1819 in recognition of Nelson's Victory over the French fleet, at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Opposite the Victoria Embankment Gardens, on the river front, Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by magnificent bronze lions.
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More on Cleopatra's Needles from Fact Monster: ... See more Encyclopedia articles on: European Art to 1599 ... Sir Benjamin Baker - Baker, Sir Benjamin Baker, Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English civil engineer. He helped build ...
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