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    Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

    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.

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

    Nicely captured.

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

    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.

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

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

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

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

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

    Well captured John!

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    Re: Obelisk (in NYC Central Park)

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

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