The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Cleopatra’s Obelisk acquired by New York Museum MOMA V. Manna From Heaven


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Tonight, historian Jamaal Brown will be discussing Cleopatra's Needle, a monument that once stood in front of a powerful Egyptian temple, which now stands in New York's Central Park. Discover, What is it, Where it Came From, Who Created It, and how it got into the hands of the NY Metropolitan Museum. How do the Monuments of Antiquity, and the monuments dedicated to the confederacy relate to the Biblical Tower of Babel?
 
Exodus 16:32
32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”
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