Cleopatra’s Needle, a 3,500-year-old obelisk from Ancient Egypt, survived a voyage to Central Park more than a century ago and has been a park treasure ever since. Nestled behind the ...

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 ...

The obelisk in Central Park, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, was formally dedicated on February 22nd, 1881 after a long trip involving ships, cannonballs, and the sharp corners put in place by ...

Central Park is full of amazing attractions, but would you believe it's also home to an authentic temple piece from Ancient Egypt?

The plan to restore the 3,500-year-old Cleopatra's Needle was announced yesterday by the Central Park Conservancy. The non-profit, which manages Central Park, said tests showed that cleaning with ...

Cleopatra's Needle may be Central Park's oldest manmade feature, but it has a geologic history that predates even the ancient Egyptians. It is carved from Aswan granite that formed some 600 ...

A crowd of some ten thousand flocked into Central Park on Jan. 22, 1881, to watch Cleopatra’s Needle being brought to vertical. A silence which was, according to one contemporary witness ...

Apparently Egypt is starting to get jealous of Greece and wants to repatriate Cleopatra’s Needle, the trophy of cultural dominance granite stele that’s been festooning Central Park since 1881.