Saturday, 2 September 2006

Cleopatra's Needle

This Egiptian obelisk once stood at Heliopolis. It was presented to Britain in 1819 by Mohammed Ali, the Turkish Viceroy, and it was erected here in 1878, flanked by sphinxes designed by George Vulliamy.

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