Obelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt Size:M: 60 x 60cm Prime Minister Winston Churchill pictured

Prime Minister Winston Churchill pictured at Heald Green Station on his surprise visit to Manchester during the Second World War

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Obelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt Size:M: 60 x 60cm Prime Minister Winston Churchill picturedObelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt, c1890. The oldest standing Ancient Egyptian obelisk in existence, the example at Heliopolis was erected by the 12th Dynasty Pharaoh Senusret I, who ruled from 1971 to 1926 BC. It was one of a pair erected to commemorate the Heb Sed (30th Jubilee) of Senusret. Lantern slide.