Rewind: The Mystery of the Central Park Obelisk

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Cleopatra’s Needle is the name given to the ancient Egyptian obelisk that sits in Central Park, right behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the bizarre tale of how it arrived in New York and the unusual forces that went behind its transportation from Alexandra to a hill called Greywacke Knoll. FEATURING The secrets of the Freemasons, a mysterious and controversial fraternity who have been involved in several critical moments in American history (including the inauguration of fellow Mason George Washington.) PLUS A newly recorded tale about another ancient landmark that has made its way to New York City -- a column from the ancient city of Jerash, brought here because of ... Robert Moses? boweryboyshistory.com boweryboyswalks.com This is a re-presentation of a show originally released on June 26, 2014 with new 2020 bonus material recorded for this episode. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The following is a reissue of a show we recorded in 2014 about a very strange artifact from ancient Egypt,
0:09.1	which you can find behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park,
0:14.9	the obelisk popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle.
0:19.4	Now in a few months we'll celebrate the 140th anniversary of the placement of this artifact
0:26.3	within Central Park during a very, very unusual ceremony.
0:31.1	Now this show will tie directly into a brand new episode that Tom and I will bring you next week.
0:38.3	And stay tuned until the end of this episode, where I'll have a newly recorded segment
0:43.8	about another relic from the ancient world that is also situated in a New York City Park,
0:50.1	a remnant of the Temple of Artemis from the ancient city of Girash.
0:55.1	Now sitting in the borough of Queens, enjoy the show.
0:59.6	Hey, it's the Bowry Boys.
1:01.3	Hey!
1:02.3	Support for the Bowry Boys is provided by our listeners.
1:06.0	Join us for as little as a dollar a month by visiting patreon.com slash Bowry Boys.
1:15.2	Hi there, welcome to the Bowry Boys, this is Greg Young.
1:17.6	And this is Tom Myers.
1:18.9	And tonight we have the most bizarre tale, a tale of the oldest man-made outdoor artifact
1:25.1	that's currently standing in New York City.
1:27.2	It is- Wait a second, can we break that down?
1:29.2	The oldest man-made artifact.
1:32.0	That's currently outdoors, meaning that not inside of a museum or collection.
1:36.5	Gotcha, and also not a piece of nature.
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