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Painted Desert and Cleopatra's Needles.
Title: Painted Desert and Cleopatra's Needles.
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 381 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Painted Desert and Cleopatra's Needles.
Cleopatra's needles are two of the twenty-six obelisks in the world today. Egypt gave the Cleopatra's Needles to U.S. and Britain. They are in Victoria Embankment, London, England and Central Park, New York, U.S., today.
The Painted Desert is a beautiful plateau and desert region containing buttes, mesas, pinnacles, hills, and valleys. Wind and rain formed these by eroding. Since there is not much vegetation, wind and rain erode hills quickly. Erosion studies …showed first 75 words of 381 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 381 total…god Re by Egyptian people in Ancient Egypt. The monuments have endured air pollution. One can see that some of the sides are badly damaged by air pollution. The hieroglyphics have somewhat faded and are barely readable. The age of the monuments are probably about 3,201 to 3,501 years old because they were built from 1500 to 1200 BC. The monuments are not known why they are called the Cleopatra's needles, but some people say for a romantic fashion.
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