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Cleopatra's Needle

Cleopatra's Needle is the name for each of three obelisks located in London, New York, and Paris. The London obelisk is located on the Victoria Embankment.[1]

The Kane Chronicles[]

The Red Pyramid[]

On the way to the British Museum with Sadie and Carter, Julius asks the taxi driver to pull over just past the Waterloo Bridge on the Victoria Embankment. Carter describes it as "about seventy feet tall", yet "small and sad" given it's location on the Thames river with towering buildings surrounding it. As Julius stares at the top of the obelisk, he murmurs that he had to see where it happened again, implying that Ruby Kane died at that location.[2]

It was at this place where Julius and Ruby Kane freed Bast from her imprisonment resulting in Ruby Kane's death.

The New York obelisk is located in Central Park, Manhattan and was used by Carter, Sadie, and Zia to open a gate to Cairo.[3]

The Throne of Fire[]

Sadie Kane later used it to anchor a portal to visit her grandparents.[4]

References[]

  1. The Red Pyramid, page 12.
  2. The Red Pyramid, pages 12-13, hardcover
  3. The Red Pyramid, page 147.
  4. The Throne of Fire, page 83
The Kane Chronicles
Core Series: The Red Pyramid | The Throne of Fire | The Serpent's Shadow
Crossovers: The Son of Sobek | The Staff of Serapis | The Crown of Ptolemy | Demigods & Magicians
Main Characters: Carter Kane | Sadie Kane | Ra | Anubis | Apophis | Bast | Bes | Horus | Isis | Zia Rashid | Set | Walt Stone | Setne
Secondary Characters: Julius Kane | Ruby Kane | Amos Kane | Vladimir Menshikov | Leonid | Sarah Jacobi | Kwai
Minor Characters: Michel Desjardins | Iskandar | Jasmine Anderson | Sean Ryan | Julian | Alyssa | Cleo | Felix Philip | Shelby | Khufu | Muffin | Mr. Faust | Mrs. Faust | Percy Jackson | Annabeth Chase
Egyptian Gods: Ra | Geb | Nut | Shu | Osiris | Horus | Set | Isis | Nephthys | Anubis | Sobek | Bast | Thoth | Serapis | Ptah | Nekhbet | Wadjet | Babi | Tefnut | Tawaret | Khepri | Khnum | Neith | Khonsu | Sekhmet | Hathor | Serqet | Shezmu | Hapi
Demons and Magical Creatures: Ammit the Devourer | Bau | Bloodstained Blade | Criosphinx | Carriers | Face of Horror | Griffin | Uraeus | Serpopard | Switchblade Demons | Tjesu heru | Petsuchos
Other: House of Life | Magic | Magician | Kane Family
Related Content: Rick Riordan | List of Terms | The Kane Chronicles: Survival Guide | Brooklyn House Magician's Manual | Film Series | Mythomagic, Inc | Netflix
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