Cleopatra's Needle erected 1878 on the Victoria Embankment, river Thames, London.

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Cleopatra's Needle erected 1878 on the Victoria Embankment river Thames, London. Weighs 186 tons. Made of granite from Aswan, standing about 21 metres (68 ft) high, weighing about 180 tons and inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis around 1450 BC.

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Size: 4412px × 4753px
Location: England London
Photo credit: © Angelo Hornak / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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