Obelisk from the Circus Maximus in Rome
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Obelisk from the Circus Maximus in Rome
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Flaminian Obelisk
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Augustus had the obelisk transported from Heliopolis, Egypt, and set up in Rome's Circus Maximus in 10 BCE. Pope Sixtus V had the obelisk restored and reerected in the Piazza del Popolo in 1589.
A coin of Trajan represents the circus with the obelisk at the center.
A coin of Trajan represents the circus with the obelisk at the center.
The obelisk also appears on lamps, such as TC 951 at the Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
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Photographs by Kimberly Cassibry