Cleopatra's needle
Cleopatra's neelde
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It was made in Egypt for the Pharaoh Thotmes III in 1460 BC,
making it almost 3,500 years old. It is known as Cleopatra's
Needle as it was brought to London from Alexandria, the royal
city of Cleopatra.
The London needle is in the City of Westminister, on the Victoria
Embanknet near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the
Embankment underground station.
It is also called the obelisk. Originally built as a pair for the
Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis
It was dug out of the sand in which it had
been buried for nearly 2,000 years and was
encased in a great iron cylinder, 92 feet
(28 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) in diameter,
designed by the engineer John Dixon.
Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two Egyptian
sphinxes cast from bronze that bear
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