Cleopatra's needle : an account of the negotiations leading up to its gift to the city of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, its removal and its history and inscriptions, reprinted from "Egypt and its betrayal" (1908)
Farman, Elbert E. (Elbert Eli), 1831-1911 · New York : Grafton Press · leaf 62
the ground. From this description, the cause of the rounding of the baseof Cleopatras Needle and the injured condition of its sides isevident. It and its companion were probably lying on the groundat Heliopolis from the time of the Persian invasion until theywere removed by the Romans to… … The Obelisk, Cleopatras Xeeclle, in Central Park, Xew York. History of the Obelisk 185 Heliopolis is but an hours drive from Cairo. The first objectseen is its solitary obelisk in the distant fields. There are a fewlow mounds in the vicinity and occasional ruins protruding fromthe soil. These and…
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