Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

[DigitalScape]

There is a 3,500 year old obelisk in NYC's Central Park - Called Cleopatra's needle. This one is a twin to the one that is in London (Victoria Embankment). there is another obelisk in Paris (it's twin is remains in Luxor, Egypt). The NYC (and London) obelisks were made during the reign of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III (around 1450 BC). It was a feat of ingenuity to transfer the 69 foot, 220 ton red-granite monolith from Egypt to New York in 1880. There is some interesting reading at this site: http://nypost.com/2014/06/14/how-cle...-central-park/

Strangely, the obelisk is one of those things that most people in NYC do not know that it is there. next time I am in London I am going to make a point to go find the other one.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[rpcrowe]

Nice capture. However, it is a shame what the New York climate has apparently done to this treasure over the years. I would bet that is suffered more over the last 135 years or so than in the rest of the 3,500 years of its existence.

[gregj1763]

Interesting photo and link John.
Is there a fence around it to keep the public away?

[IzzieK]

Very nice image and historic too...this sort should be protected...nice composition too. Thanks for sharing...

[deetheturk]

Well captured John!

[DigitalScape]

Thank you everyone for the comments. Greg, the only fence around the obelisk is what you see in the photo.