Inscriptions of Tothmes III and Ramses II -- Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, UK
N 51° 30.510 W 000° 07.220
30U E 699829 N 5710306
Egyptian Pharoah Tothmes wrote prayers to a Sun-God that are inscribed in hieroglyphics on the sides of Cleopatra's Needle in London. Later, Pharoah Ramses II wrote of his military victories.
Waymark Code: WMRY79
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/21/2016
Views: 7
A plaque added sometime in the 20th century explains the hieroglyphics on the sides of Cleopatra's Needle on the Victoria Embankment along the River Thames.
The plaque reads as follows:
"The Inscriptions of Tothmes are in the centre of each face. The one above records the erection of the Obelisk at Oni, at the time of the third celebration of the Sed-Festival. The left-hand face and the back contain prayers that he may celebrate many such festivals and that Tum [the Setting Sun] may establish his name with increased sovereignty in the Great Temple of On. The right-hand face records his offerings on the Altar of On. The inscriptions down the sides were added by Ramses II to record his own victories.”
Address:
Victoria Embankment
City of Westminster
London
UK
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