On 22 January 1881, an Egyptian obelisk named “Cleopatra’s Needle” was erected in Central Park in New York City. Thousands gathered around the obelisk as it was turned up right, to gawk in awe at the gift that had taken almost 200 days to arrive.

The obelisk was exchanged by Egyptians to America for funds to modernize their country. Paired with another in London, England and given the same nickname, each needle is genuine in its own way. Yet they have no real connection to Cleopatra VII herself.

In the Queen’s lifetime, these obelisks were well over a thousand years old. The New York and London obelisks were originally made during the reign of the 18^th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III. The “needles” were first commissioned for the sacred city of Heliopolis (ancient city of Egypt) to celebrate 30 years of reign by the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III (C.1479-1425 BCE) Twenty years after Cleopatra’s death, the Romans moved the needles and placed them in a temple named Caesareum built by Cleopatra in honor of her former lover Mark Antony.

Cleopatra was known for her own self glamorizing and was seen as a ceremonial goddess and universal mother and liberator. She was a royal princess who’s courage and powers of persuasion were almost dismissed until her name was announced by Julius Caesar (July 100 BC- March 44 BC).

The obelisk itself has inscriptions provided by the great Pharaoh’s Ramses II and Thutmose III. The 71 foot 244 ton granite obelisk took an extremely delicate trip, it was transported by a steamship and took 112 days from the time the obelisk touched the banks of the Hudson River until it reached Central Park; 32 horses in 16 pairs inched the monument on parallel beams to insure its security. Today it is the oldest outdoor manmade object in New York.

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Photo Caption: Cleopatra’s Needle in Egypt before it was moved to New York

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