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  2. The Emperor's New Cloak - Wikipedia

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    The Mirror Universe counterpart of Ezri Dax shows up at Quark's quarters on Deep Space Nine with a message: Zek went to the Mirror Universe in search of business opportunities and was kidnapped by the Alliance, who demand that Quark exchange a cloaking device—a device that can render a starship invisible—for Zek's freedom.

  3. Obelisk ship - Wikipedia

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    The earliest obelisk ships were built in Ancient Egypt to transport obelisks via the Nile from the quarries to their destination. During the reign of Thutmose I, Ineni was granted superintendence of the king's building projects, which included the erection of two obelisks. A surviving text fragment documents that the obelisk ship had a length ...

  4. List of modern obelisks - Wikipedia

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    The obelisk stands in front of the hotel, a pyramid-shaped hotel along The Strip: Endicott, Triple Cities, New York: United States: 1975: An obelisk stands in front of radio talk show host Clint Ferro's boyhood home [citation needed] Monumen Nasional: Merdeka Square, Jakarta: Indonesia: 137 449 1975

  5. Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    Placing the obelisk in the hold of the steamship Dessoug. The formidable task of moving the obelisk from Alexandria to New York was given to Henry Honychurch Gorringe, a lieutenant commander on leave from the U.S. Navy. The 200-ton granite obelisk was first shifted from vertical to horizontal, nearly crashing to ground in the process.

  6. List of obelisks in Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Obelisk of Axum in Rome in 2002. There was also an Ethiopian obelisk in Rome, the Obelisk of Axum, 24 m, placed in the Piazza di Porta Capena. It had been taken from Axum by the Italian Army during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1937. It was struck by lightning in May 2002. After being restored, it was returned to Ethiopia in April 2005.

  7. List of Egyptian obelisks - Wikipedia

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    The largest known obelisk, the unfinished obelisk, was never erected and was discovered in its original quarry. It is nearly one-third larger than the largest ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected (the Lateran Obelisk in Rome); if finished it would have measured around 41.75 metres (137.0 ft) [ 6 ] and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes ...

  8. Beyond Time - Wikipedia

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    Beyond Time aka Shadow of the Obelisk: Delve Into the Corridors of Time is a 1997 full motion video adventure game developed by Jones and Jones Multimedia and published by DreamCatcher Interactive. Development

  9. Cleopatra's Needles - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra's Needles are a separated pair of ancient Egyptian obelisks now in London and New York City.The obelisks were originally made in Heliopolis (modern Cairo) during the New Kingdom period, inscribed by the 18th dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III and 19th dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II.