‘Dear Cleo,’ said Julius Cæsar
(He was trying his utmost to please her),
‘I do like the style
Of your place near the Nile,
That huge Leaning Tower of Giza.’

We must guess that Cleopatra’s response was something along the lines of ‘Cease this detestable though widespread practice of patronising your host civilisation by construing it in terms of the paltry achievements of your own country.’