Queen Cleopatra Selene (Bust) Cherchel Museum, Algeria (daughter of Cleopatra VII)

Cleopatra's Needle.

 The Ancient Egyptian obelisk dates from 1600  B.C. and was a gift from Egypt. "Cleopatra's Needles" is the name given to two Egyptian obelisks, formerly at Alexandria, but one of which is now in New York, the other in London. They are made of the rosered granite of Syene, and were originally erected by the Egyptian king Thothmes III in front of the great temple of Heliopolis, where Moses was born. They were taken to Alexandria shortly before the commencement of the Christian era, and after the death of Cleopatra, but possibly in pursuance of a, design originated'by her. The NewYork obelisk was presented to America by the Rhedive of Egypt, and was set up in Central Park in 1881.
 
 

Needle of Cleopatra in London
 
 

The sphinx guarding the Cleopatra needle in London