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The Bulletin
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Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 75—No. 3872
Fix this textWednesday, April 28, 1954
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textANCIENT EGYPT
Fix this textIN MODERN LONDON,
Fix this textTHE DURABLE “NEEDLE”
Fix this textTHE oldest monument in Britain rises majes-
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Fix this textThames Embankment near Waterloo Bridge in
Fix this textLondon. Its name is Cleopatra’s Needle and
Fix this textit has been in 'existence for over three thousand
Fix this textyears. This great Egyptian obelisk was one
Fix this textof two erected about the year 1475 b.c. by
Fix this textThothmes III, many centuries before Cleopatra’s
Fix this texttime. It then stood with its companion in front
Fix this textof the Temple of the Sun in the city of On,
Fix this textmentioned in the Bible where Moses was found
Fix this textin the bulrushes; the city which was later
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Fix this textWhen the seat of Government was moved to
Fix this textAlexandria, the two obelisks were taken there
Fix this textby Augustus and set up outside Cleopatra s
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Fix this textyears after the death of Cleopatra. The
Fix this textEgyptians probably wished to perpetuate her
Fix this textmemory as each column, capped with gold, was
Fix this textknown even at that time as Cleopatra’s Needle.
Fix this textTo-day the age-blackened granite bears the
Fix this textmarks of the desert sandstorms but the hun-
Fix this textdreds of hieroglyphics on its four sides can
Fix this textstill be seen. The middle of the shaft bears a
Fix this textcarved inscription by Thothmes III, and two
Fix this textcenturies later Rameses II added inscriptions ot
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Fix this textglorifying his own reign and it is here that the
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Fix this textfor the first time.
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Fix this textweighs 166 tons and is 70 feet in height. A
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Fix this textLater it was found and taken in tow again but
Fix this textonly after six seamen had lost their lives.
Fix this textCleopatra’s Needle finally arrived in the
Fix this textThames in January, 1878, and was erected on
Fix this textits pedestal in its present location. Under its
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Fix this textguide, a newspaper and some British coins of
Fix this textthe period. The monument bears the scars of
Fix this textthe First World War when an enemy bomb
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Fix this textThe companion obelisk now stands in Central
Fix this textPark, New York.
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