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Cleopatra’s Needle
Why Cleopatra’s Needle is one of the worst London tourist attractions
Cleopatra’s Needle sucks! It’s an ancient stone said to be a present from Cleopatra, but it actually has nothing at all to do with Cleopatra.
Cleopatra’s Needle is located on the Thames Embankment in London close to the Embankment underground station. The obelisk was constructed for Pharaoh Tuthmose III and is adorned with hieroglyphics praising Tuthmose. Later, inscriptions were added by Rameses II to commemorate his victories.
It was brought to London by sea in 1878 to mark Britain’s victory over Napoleon 63 years earlier. Why this should rate as a London tourist attraction is beyond us! Well, it’s an obelisk from Egypt, but if you’re interested in Egyptian history you can either go to a museum or take a trip to Egypt.
But, hey, I’m in London and I don’t want to waste my time with boring stony tourist attractions!
Address
Victoria Embankment,London SW1
January 8, 2005 @ 10:30 pm
Harry said,
It’s just a big stone on the embankment of the Thames - nothing special.
January 24, 2005 @ 1:21 am
Marissa said,
I totally agree! Cleopatra’s Needle is such a boring thing! Don’t try to find it, it’s really disappointing and you better spend your time with someth […] more
March 28, 2005 @ 2:38 am
Francis said,
I think it’s interesting to think how a nation plundered monuments from occupied countries, don’t you think? It’s still happening today.
April 18, 2005 @ 6:25 pm
Kaylee said,
I actually went to London and one thing I saw while I was there was Cleopatra’s Needle. It was interesting to me and I was able to bring home some rea […] more
August 2, 2005 @ 3:57 am
Colin said,
The real attraction is not really Cleopatra’s Needle in isolation but the Embankment itself of which Cleopatra’s Needle forms a part - no trip to Lond […] more
September 1, 2005 @ 6:43 pm
Sarah said,
I’ll have you know that i’ve visited London at least three times this past year…i’ve seen all the “worst attractions” you speak of…and I QUITE enj […] more
October 6, 2005 @ 12:15 pm
Georgina Abela said,
I find Cleopatra`s Needle fascinating, it is so old it probably was a familiar sight to Moses and here was I looking at it in the 21st. century. It […] more
November 4, 2005 @ 2:40 pm
James Weir said,
I agree with Georgina Abela 100%. My worst site is the Millenium Wheel. What an eyesore and waste of lottery money!
November 29, 2005 @ 3:55 am
Jonh Q. Astonished said,
A monument quarried and adorned with carvings by an ancient civilization. Some of which are by Ramses The Great Himself, the Pharoah that constructed […] more
April 25, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
Marnie said,
How can you people say things like that monument sucks??? People died bringing it over, it has scars from the war, it is our human history. I thi […] more
May 2, 2006 @ 4:13 am
Paul Close said,
Obviously a comment from a hillbilly who doesn’t even know that there is a sister needle standing in Central Park NY. His highlight of a trip to Londo […] more
June 11, 2006 @ 8:38 am
dylan said,
I am humbled to see that some people see the beauty of cleopatra’s needle, there is more to it than meets the eye. You guys need to do some more resea […] more
August 5, 2006 @ 12:56 pm
sez said,
hey guys c’mon you even wrote lots of things on this site about this stone. Someone coming from outside must see this in order to say ‘ Ooo I have see […] more
August 27, 2006 @ 6:35 am
Ali said,
When you are a tourist every pound counts where i come from it really does. So if i can avoid a “stone” in the middle of heck for a better site for my […] more
September 6, 2006 @ 4:35 am
suzan said,
yeah! its an egypt attraction ,not london one’s… as same as british musium,it’s nice BUT its not british one… it has from all the worls exept brit […] more
January 25, 2007 @ 11:20 am
Bobby Boogie said,
The Needle is interesting. Its free its by the river, a great place to walk. whats wrong with that? Cheer up complain about the price o […] more
May 22, 2007 @ 11:41 am
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August 25, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
CARMEN said,
My daughter and I walked every where while in London. Walked from Victoria Station to the Tower of London most of which was on the Victoria Embankmen […] more
February 8, 2008 @ 2:45 am
khakichic said,
Im only a teenager but i’ve been to london three times it’s congested,the people that live there are rude, egypt is a far more interesting place,i’ve […] more