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Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.
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South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090908
South African History Online (2012) 'Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090908 (Accessed: 27 September 2026).
South African History Online, Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090908, (accessed 27 September 2026).
"Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090908. Accessed 27 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090908.
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