Cleopatra’s Needle, which was raised on the Thames Embankment in 1878, was brought to England from Alexandria. whither it had been taken from Ileh’opolis by Augustus in or about B.C. 9. It has no connection with Cleopatra. Ttc hieroglyphics tell of its erection bv Thothmes TT.. a Pharaoh of the 18th dvnastv. who lived centuries lief ore Cleopatra’s time. 1
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20359, 17 July 1934, Page 11
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