Image: Turkey-03228 - Hippodrome of Constantinople (11312626353)
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Description: The Obelisk of Theodosius (in front) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Tutmoses III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD. The marble pedestal had bas-reliefs dating to the time of the obelisk's re-erection in Constantinople. In the background is the Walled Obelisk, built by the Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus in the 10th century.
Title: Turkey-03228 - Hippodrome of Constantinople (11312626353)
Credit: Turkey-03228 - Hippodrome of Constantinople
Author: Dennis G. Jarvis
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