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Top: England > London > Covent Garden the Strand > History / Government Cleopatra's Needle Cleopatra's Needle was first erected in Egypt, by Pharaoh Thotmes 111 around 1500BC. It was a gift to the British people, in 1819, in recognition of Nelson's victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Page 1 of 1       New Search |
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