The oldest man-made object on the streets of London is this: Cleopatra’s Needle. It is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk, raised in Heliopolis in around 1450BC. It was presented to Britain by the then ruler of Egypt, a man called Muhammad Ali, who was Balkan-born viceroy of Egypt on behalf of the Ottoman Empire. There is a detail at the base of the Needle that many miss… #london #londonhistory #livinglondonhistory | Living London History

London! 120 Years ago! The busy centre of London in the late Victorian 1890's into the early 1900's *The bus journey down Fleet Street towards St Paul's Cathedral. *The new motorised buses traverse past Mansion House and the Bank of England. *Carriages moving down Whitehall and Parliament Street. *View over the Embankment towards Cleopatras Needle. *Victorians board the bus at Picadilly Circus. *Carriages slowly make their way past the entrance of Hyde Park. (Individual original photographs have