2011

TQ3080 : London - Sphinx

taken 12 years ago, near to London, The City of London, England

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London - Sphinx
London - Sphinx
Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux-Egyptian sphinxes cast from bronze that bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that say netjer nefer men-kheper-re di ankh (the good god, Thuthmosis III given life). These Sphinxes appear to be looking at the Needle rather than guarding it.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts City, Town centre other tags: Cleopatras Needle Sphinx Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · London [1553] · Looking [1424] Title Clusters: · London - Sphinx [5] ·
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TQ3080, 6967 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Talbot   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 5 November, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 17 June, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3055 8052 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.5122N 0:7.2145W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3053 8052
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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