Since 1880, the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle has stood in New York's Central Park, but a letter from the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities indicates that this may ...

Yet through an unlikely journey the 69-foot, 220-ton length of red granite would arrive in 1880 in New York City and become one of the icons of Central Park. ... New York finally had its obelisk.

The obelisk in Central Park, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, was formally dedicated on February 22nd, 1881 after a long trip involving ships, cannonballs, and the sharp corners put in place by ...

The Luxor obelisk on the Place de la Concorde in Paris seen on May 15, 2025. AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard He identified seven cryptographies, or codes, which assert Ramesses II’s authority from ...

The sad state of New York's obelisk of Thutmose III . Zahi Hawass, Sunday 9 Jan 2011. Monuments from Egypt's ancient past adorn the world but with the passing of time, ...

Today Egyptian obelisks can be found in New York City, Istanbul, and Paris. ( Why this ancient 'King of the World' was so proud of his library. A pyramidion from an obelisk commissioned by Queen ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Arrival of the Egyptian Obelisk at New York ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 43 No. 6 (August 1880), p. 80 doi:10.1038 ...

Aug. 10—The idea of a new home for the Plaza obelisk had seemed too polarizing to explore when it was posed by some of Santa Fe City ... The two ancient obelisks now stand in London and New York.

New York - It's the mystery of Cleopatra's Needle: Is New York City weather damaging a 3 500-year-old obelisk that has graced Central Park since 1881? The obelisk was a gift to the US from Egypt to ...