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Cleopatra’s Needle: An ancient Egyptian obelisk located in New York’s Central Park
The obelisks of Cleopatra are columns with pointed pyramidal tops of long carved rock, made by the ancient Egyptians. The Romans called the obelisks “Cleopatra’s Needles”, perhaps because of its resemblance to giant needles, although obelisks were already known before the era of Cleopatra and had been built by Pharaoh Thutmose III. The obelisk is currently located in Central Park, New York, US and was built more than 3,400 years ago in Egypt. Today, the obelisk is one of Central Park’s most historic attractions. The Cleopatra’s Needle obelisk was one of two obelisks ordered to be built by Pharaoh Thutmose III for his temple “Temple of the Sun” in Heliopolis. In the era in which it was built,

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