Egypt
Dr. Zahi Hawass recently sent a letter to the Central park conservancy and the Mayor of New York concerned about the condition of the obelisk of Thutmosis III in New York's Central park. Dr. Hawass claims the monument is not properly being looked after and if something is not done he will "take the necessary steps to bring this precious artifact home."
- Egypt Or Central Park: Where Does An Ancient Obelisk Belong?
New York Times (Francie Diep and Joseph Castro) With video. Is New York City’s weather destroying a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk? That’s a question the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation is setting out to answer this summer as it conducts...
- More Re Hawass On The Ny Obelisk.
Ahram Online In New York City's Central Park stands a 21-metre-tall red granite obelisk carved during the 18th Dynasty to commemorate King Tuthmose III, grandfather of King Tutankhamun. This obelisk is one of a pair originally erected in Heliopolis,...
- Heritage Management: New York's Central Park Obelisk
Ground Report (Paul Sterne) Here's one I missed from October - a call for the obelisk of Tuthmosis III on New York's Central Park to be moved to the safer and more appropriate environment of the Met. The obelisk was gifted to the United States...
- A Sliver Of Ancient Egypt In Central Park
http://www.nysun.com/article/50597 The Dahesh Museum, at Madison Avenue and 56th Street, has extended the run of its outstanding exhibition Napoleon on the Nile to April 22. Napoleon's Egyptian venture was militarily disastrous. But the "savants"...
- New York Denies Neglect Of Obelisk
http://tinyurl.com/oedq7 (Bloomberg.com) "The New York Parks Department rejects claims by an Egyptian official that the city is neglecting the 3,700-year-old Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park and refuses to address his demand to give the obelisk...
Egypt
Obelisk of Thutmosis III
Dr. Zahi Hawass recently sent a letter to the Central park conservancy and the Mayor of New York concerned about the condition of the obelisk of Thutmosis III in New York's Central park. Dr. Hawass claims the monument is not properly being looked after and if something is not done he will "take the necessary steps to bring this precious artifact home."
- Egypt Or Central Park: Where Does An Ancient Obelisk Belong?
New York Times (Francie Diep and Joseph Castro) With video. Is New York City’s weather destroying a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk? That’s a question the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation is setting out to answer this summer as it conducts...
- More Re Hawass On The Ny Obelisk.
Ahram Online In New York City's Central Park stands a 21-metre-tall red granite obelisk carved during the 18th Dynasty to commemorate King Tuthmose III, grandfather of King Tutankhamun. This obelisk is one of a pair originally erected in Heliopolis,...
- Heritage Management: New York's Central Park Obelisk
Ground Report (Paul Sterne) Here's one I missed from October - a call for the obelisk of Tuthmosis III on New York's Central Park to be moved to the safer and more appropriate environment of the Met. The obelisk was gifted to the United States...
- A Sliver Of Ancient Egypt In Central Park
http://www.nysun.com/article/50597 The Dahesh Museum, at Madison Avenue and 56th Street, has extended the run of its outstanding exhibition Napoleon on the Nile to April 22. Napoleon's Egyptian venture was militarily disastrous. But the "savants"...
- New York Denies Neglect Of Obelisk
http://tinyurl.com/oedq7 (Bloomberg.com) "The New York Parks Department rejects claims by an Egyptian official that the city is neglecting the 3,700-year-old Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park and refuses to address his demand to give the obelisk...