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The original idea to secure an Egyptian obelisk for New York City came from the March 1877 New York City newspaper accounts of the transporting of the London obelisk. The newspapers mistakenly attributed to a John Dixon the 1869 proposal of the Khedive of Egypt, Isma'il Pasha , to give the United States an obelisk as a gift for increased trade.
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A decision was made to refurbish it and relocate it. After a thorough cleaning, the monument was moved to its present location in 1960 at Third and Division streets, near the Zembo Shrine Building, the former William Penn High School, and Italian Lake in the Uptown section of Harrisburg. [16] [17] [18]
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The London needle is in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. In 1819, Muhammad Ali Pasha gave Britain the fallen obelisk as a gift. However, Britain's prime minister at the time, Lord Liverpool , hesitated on having it brought to the country due to shipping expenses.
Sep. 6—State District Judge Matthew Wilson has denied a motion by the city of Santa Fe seeking dismissal of a lawsuit over the felling of the Plaza obelisk and the future fate of the monument ...
The word "obelisk" as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveler, was one of the first classical writers to describe the objects. A number of ancient Egyptian obelisks are known to have survived, plus the " unfinished obelisk " found partly hewn from its quarry at Aswan .
May 31—A man who is suing the city of Santa Fe over an alleged assault by city police officers during the demonstration that preceded activists' takedown of the Plaza obelisk in 2020 took the ...