After his recent visit to the UK, Zahi Hawass expressed his dismay at the state of the Cleopatra’s Needle of London. The obelisk which is one of a pair that Mohammed Ali Pasha gave away as gifts, now suffers from a lack of restoration. Hawass called for a proper site management for the site of the obelisk and he appealed to the love the British people have for Egypt to save this ancient Egyptian monument from deterioration.