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This obelisk bears hieroglyphic inscriptions honoring Egyptian rulers including Ramesses and Thutmose with royal titles and divine associations, and it was first erected at Heliopolis, Egypt, in 1600 B.C., removed to Alexandria in 12 B.C. by the Romans, and later presented by the Khedive of Egypt to the City of New York, where it was erected on February 22, 1881 through the generosity of William H. Vanderbilt.
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