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Obelisk of Theodosius

Sultan Ahmet, Turkey · built -1500

Obelisk of Theodosius
Obelisk of Theodosius. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Obelisk of Theodosius (Dikilitaş) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC), first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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