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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: New York Cleopatra's Needle
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 2.448 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: New England Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: New York
Latitude: 40.779630N  Longitude: 73.965404W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by AlexHunger : The New Yorkers also call this Obelisk Cleopatra's Needle. It was errected at On, otherwise known as Heliopolis a suburb of modern Cairo, around 1600 BCE by Thutmose I. This is the same location the London Obelisk comes from while only one remains in situ. The Romans took it to Alexandria in 12 BCE. The Egyptian government donated it to NYC in 1881 and the move was paid for by the Vanderb... (Vote or comment on this photo)
An Egyptian obelisk with hieroglyphics dating from the reign of Thutmosis III (1479-1425 BCE) with later additions by Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC).

Installed in its current position in Central Park, New York, in 1880.
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New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Central Park-The Obelisk, 02.22.14 A walk in Central Park on 02.22.14 from The Pond up to the Harlem Meer. It was a cold day as winter didn't seem to want to let go and the bodies of water in the park were frozen, but it was a sunny and beautiful day. Image copyright: gigi_nyc, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's Needle Image copyright: smith_cl9 (Charles Smith), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Detail of Cleopatra's Needle Image copyright: Cyradis, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Obelisk of Thutmose III and Ramses II ("Cleopatra's Needle"), Central Park, New York. Photo by Lucas Livingston, 14 April 2013. Image copyright: ancientartpodcast.org (Lucas), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Roman Crabs Used for Supports for "Cleopatra's Needle" Egyptian, Roman period, ca. 13 BC . From Alexandria, in front of the Caesarum. . This bronze crap is from a set of Four originally used in Roman times as supports for broken corners of the obelisk that now stands ni Central Park. Thutmose III erected the obelisk about 1443 BC in Heliopolis, now part of modern Cairo. It was re-inscri...

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Roman Crabs Used for Supports for "Cleopatra's Needle" Roman Crabs Used for Supports for "Cleopatra's Needle" Egyptian, Roman period, ca. 13 BC . From Alexandria, in front of the Caesarum. . This bronze crap is from a set of Four originally used in Roman times as supports for broken corners of the obelisk that now stands ni Central Park. Thutmose III erected the obelisk about 1443 BC in ...

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's Needle Image copyright: smith_cl9 (Charles Smith), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's Needle I was on my way to work early to capture the images at the north end of the Sheep Meadow and noticed the moon was placed over my right shoulder at an angle that would make for an interesting slow-shutter capture with the array of lights surrounding Cleopatra's Needle. I used a Joby Gorillapod tripod and felt I would get a good capture if I captured as much depth of field as poss...

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New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's needle Image copyright: dgphilli, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's needle New York Central Park Image copyright: kiszka king (Raymond Bucko, SJ), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's Needle Central Park, New York City. Visit KidneyNotes. Image copyright: Joshua Schwimmer (Joshua Schwimmer), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

New York Cleopatra's Needle
New York Cleopatra's Needle submitted by Creative Commons : Cleopatra's Needle Cleopatra's Needle in Cenetral Park (detail of supporting crabs) The Obelisk The oldest man-made object in Central Park is this Obelisk, located directly behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nicknamed Cleopatra Image copyright: peterjr1961 (Peter Roan), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Re: New York Cleopatra's Needle by Anonymous on Thursday, 18 August 2011
What is the significance and/or reason for what appears to have been difficult and costly placements of these monuments or "TOWERS of Galactic Energy Transmission" in the center of the power metropolises?
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    Re: New York Cleopatra's Needle by Runemage on Thursday, 18 August 2011
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    That depends whose books you read and which websites you view and what outlook on life you have :-) Either they are just plunder from ancient Egypt placed in a decorative fashion, or they are deliberately fashioned and placed on nodes on the telleuric grid so that it can be manipulated for good or ill, allegedly by a covert organisation which started off as Knights Templar and ended up Freemasons. Or somewhere in between those extremes.
    There is "evidence" to support all viewpoints on this, so basically it's as simple or as convoluted and conspiracy-ridden as you choose to believe it is.



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      Re: New York Cleopatra's Needle by Feanor on Monday, 22 August 2011
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      Three impressive obelisks were gifts to the countries of England, France & the US and retaining them seems to have been politically or financially motivated.
      The one in Paris is the tallest and its sister remains in Luxor. It was raised at the Place de la Concorde in 1833.
      The one at Westminster was gifted many years before, but with the proviso that England pay to move it! It sat in the Egyptian sands for 40-odd years before the funds were provided privately to deliver it.
      Through convoluted financial maneuvering the City of New York, having heard about the London Needle, secured its sister "as a gift" the following year. (W.H. Vanderbilt put up the $100-k necessary to deliver it) The trend at that time was: "If London and Paris can have one, we should have one too!"
      So therefore, IMHO, I'm pretty sure there's nothing of Secret Societies, The Occult, or anything particularly Sinister involved in them being either obtained or in their placement.
      (BTW - New York isn't part of New England)
      Best,
      Feanor
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Re: New York Cleopatra's Needle by Anonymous on Monday, 16 August 2010
The Cleopatra's Needle is not a standing stone nor a menhir, which are megalithic. It is an Egyptian obelisk of the bronze age. Its manufacture can be dated to within a decade - 1460BC.
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