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    / 40.779612; -73.965414 Cleopatra's Needle in New York City is one of a pair of obelisks, together named Cleopatra's Needles, that were moved from the...
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    Cleopatra's Needles are a separated pair of ancient Egyptian obelisks now in London and New York City. The obelisks were originally made in Heliopolis...
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    and Cleopatra's ambitious plans for the future. In order to stabilize the east, Antony not only enlarged Cleopatra's domain, he also established new ruling...
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    successfully completing the removal of Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park in New York City. Henry Honychurch Gorringe was born in...
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    and Cleopatra's ambitious plans for the future. In order to stabilize the east, Antony not only enlarged Cleopatra's domain, but also established new ruling...
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    acquired rights to Cleopatra's Needle in Alexandria, though this obelisk was never moved to France and ended up in New York City in 1881. In the 1820s...
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    Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk from Egypt to New York City. She was sold to Ocean Steam Company in 1880 and renamed Dessoug. She served between New York and...
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    Heliopolis (ancient Egypt) (category Cities in ancient Egypt)
    remains. The two smaller obelisks called Cleopatra's Needles, in London and New York, also came from the city. Heliopolis is the Latinised form of the...
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    Caesareum of Alexandria (category Cleopatra)
    survived until the 19th century. Cleopatra's Needles, obelisks from the temple, now stand in Central Park in New York City and on the Thames Embankment,...
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  • Alphabet (1886) The New York Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle. BiblioBazaar LLC. 1891. ISBN 0-554-62767-1. The text of Cleopatra's Needle, with explanations...
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    Blockhouse No. 1 (category 1814 establishments in New York (state))
    Park, Manhattan, New York City. Finished in 1814, the Blockhouse is the second-oldest structure in the park, after Cleopatra's Needle, and the oldest surviving...
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    Piers (Manhattan) Chrysler Building (Manhattan) Citi Field (Queens) Cleopatra's Needle College Point Little League Building (Queens) Columbia University...
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    and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the city's first statue to depict a female historical figure. Cleopatra's Needle, a red granite obelisk west of the Metropolitan...
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    Castle and just south-east from the Great Lawn. To the northeast is Cleopatra's Needle and beyond, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The monument commemorates...
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  • Cleopatra Selene Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra Thea Cleopatra's Needle, London Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) Cliff tomb of Hatshepsut Clysma Coenus...
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    Concorde in Paris, and the Cleopatra's Needles on the Victoria Embankment and in Central Park in London and New York City respectively. Only five obelisks...
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    Column of Jerash (category 1964 establishments in New York City)
    column is believed to be the second-oldest monument in New York City, behind only Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park.: 244  40°44′47″N 73°50′32″W / 40...
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    Victoria Embankment (category Streets in the City of Westminster)
    Submarine War Memorial, Battle of Britain Monument, Cleopatra's Needle and the modernistic Cleopatra's Kiosk. Albert Embankment Dragon boundary mark List...
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    artifact from the ancient world is the Egyptian obelisk known as "Cleopatra's Needle", the oldest and tallest artwork in the park. Traditionally, depictions...
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  • Hundred Islands (from the Spanish origin "Las Cien Islas") White Island Cleopatra Needle Mount Leonard Kniaseff Mount Parker Mount Victoria Mount Saint Paul...
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  • Melissa Morgan (category State University of New York at Purchase alumni)
    Morgan has been a regular performer at some of New York's top jazz room such as Cleopatra's Needle, Flute, G Bar, Smalls, Smoke and St. Nick's Pub....
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  • Banshees at a gig in the bar of Exeter College, Oxford. Their debut album Needle Time was released through Island Records. 5,000 copies were sold in the...
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  • Caesareum of Alexandria, now known as Cleopatra's Needles. The fallen one was taken to London by the cylinder ship Cleopatra in 1877. Four years later, the standing...
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    Hyde Park Obelisk (category Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register)
    2002. Completed in the Victorian Egyptian style, it was modelled on Cleopatra's Needle on the banks of London's River Thames. The overall structure is 22...
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    American University in Cairo Press, 1985, p. 145–151 E.A. Wallis Budge, Cleopatra's Needles and Other Egyptian Obelisks, The Religious Tract Society, London...
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    The Gates (category Public art in New York City)
    vinyl "gates" along 23 miles (37 km) of pathways in Central Park in New York City. From each gate hung a panel of deep saffron-colored nylon fabric. The...
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    Inn (Delaware Water Gap), Small's (New York), Zinc Bar (New York), Cleopatra's Needle (New York), Mezzrow (New York), and Chris's Jazz Cafe (Philadelphia)...
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    Alice in Wonderland sculpture (category Sculptures in New York City)
    Alice in Wonderland sculpture is located at Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. It is approximately at 74th Street, on the north side of Conservatory...
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    of modern obelisks List of tourist attractions in Rome Monoliths Cleopatra's Needle List of Roman monoliths List of largest monoliths in the world Roman...
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    granites. For about two thousand years, the relief engravings on Cleopatra's Needle obelisk had survived the arid conditions of its origin before its...
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