Either of two ancient Egyptian granite
obelisks erected at Heliopolis in the 15th
century BC by Thothmes III, and removed to
Alexandria by the Roman emperor Augustus
about 14 BC. They have no connection with
Cleopatra's reign. One of the pair was taken
to England 1878 and erected on the Victoria
Embankment in London. The other was given by
the khedive of Egypt to the USA and erected
in Central Park, New York, in 1881.