The term CLEOPATRA NEEDLE is composed of five words: MONOLITH (8 letters), OBELISK (7 letters), NILE (4 letters), ASP (3 letters), and ANTONY (6 letters). The Cleopatra Needle is an ancient Egyptian OBELISK located in London, England. It was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the banks of the Nile River around 1450 BC. It was later moved to Alexandria by the Roman general Mark ANTONY as a gift to Cleopatra. The OBELISK is made of red granite and is topped with a bronze statue of an ASP, a symbol of divine authority in Ancient Egypt.