Pictures of Cleopatra's Needle, London
Submitted by André Leroux(13th December 2005)
A picture of Cleopatra's Needle, London
Cleopatra's Needle.
THE TEXT: "THIS OBELISK QUARRIED AT SYENE WAS ERECTED AT ON (HELIOPOLIS) BY THE PHARAOH THOTHMES III IN ABOUT 1500 B.C.
LATERAL INSCRIPTIONS WERE ADDED NEARLY TWO CENTURIES LATER
BY RAMESES THE GREAT REMOVED DURING THE GREEK DYNASTY
TO ALEXANDRIA THE ROYAL CITY OF CLEOPATRA IT WAS THERE ERECTED IN THE 18th YEAR OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR B.C. 12"
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