Cleopatra's Needele
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Although The Obelisk is also known as Cleopatra’s needle the truth is Cleopatra the VII had nothing to do with the creation of it. The Obelisk actually is older than her by more than a millennium. Around 3,500 years ago in Ancient Egypt city of Heliopolis, stone carvers carved the two Obelisks out of granite. Each of the Obelisks were formed from a singular piece of quarried stone.
Both of the Obelisks had engravings of hieroglyphs praising Pharaoh Thutmose III, who had a reign of 1479vto 1425 BCE. In around 525 BCE the Obelisks were toppled and possibly burned in an invasion by Persians; they remained buried in sand for approximately 500 years until the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus discovered them and transported them to Alexander. They were placed in a temple built by Cleopatra to honor Julius Caesar which is how they possibly came to be known as Cleopatra’s needle
Both of the Obelisks had engravings of hieroglyphs praising Pharaoh Thutmose III, who had a reign of 1479vto 1425 BCE. In around 525 BCE the Obelisks were toppled and possibly burned in an invasion by Persians; they remained buried in sand for approximately 500 years until the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus discovered them and transported them to Alexander. They were placed in a temple built by Cleopatra to honor Julius Caesar which is how they possibly came to be known as Cleopatra’s needle
By Suzie Shimamoto 7.2