Detail of base, Obelisk of Theodosius, Hippodrome of Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey. This side, on the South face, depicts Theodosius and his court. The Obelisk of Theodosius was originally erected at Karnak by Tutmoses III (1479-25 BC) and was transported to Alexandria by Constantius II in 357, and then by Theodosius to Constantinople in 390. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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