Cleopatra's Needle (New York)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:monument
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| gptkbp:awardedFor |
Khedive Isma'il Pasha of Egypt
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| gptkbp:built |
circa 1450 BC
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| gptkbp:category |
Ancient Egyptian obelisks
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan Relocated structures in New York City |
| gptkbp:city |
gptkb:New_York_City
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dateErectedInNYC |
February 22, 1881
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| gptkbp:emperor |
gptkb:Thutmose_III
|
| gptkbp:height |
21 meters
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Cleopatra's Needle (New York)
|
| gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage |
hieroglyphics
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| gptkbp:locatedNear |
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Central_Park
gptkb:London gptkb:Paris |
| gptkbp:material |
red granite
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| gptkbp:oneOfThree |
gptkb:Cleopatra's_Needles
|
| gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:Heliopolis,_Egypt
|
| gptkbp:purposeOfGift |
commemorate opening of Suez Canal and friendship with the US
|
| gptkbp:transportation |
ship SS Dessoug
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| gptkbp:weight |
about 200 tons
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Obelisks_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Obelisks_of_Thutmose_III |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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