Cleopatra's Needle
1881
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DirectionsWest of the Metropolitan Museum of Art stands the oldest object in Central Park by thousands of years, an ancient Egyptian obelisk of stone dating from the 15th century BC. One of a pair, it was moved in antiquity to the Caesareum of Alexan …
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