The Obelisk.................Rome Poster
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PosterHeavy poster paper, semigloss finish
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- Printed on poster paper. Extremely versatile, making it perfect for reproducing both artwork and photographs
- Custom sizes, based on artwork dimensions. Check size chart if self-framing
- Dimensions include a 1 - 2 inch (2.5 - 5.0cm) white border to assist in framing
- Shipped in protective packaging
- Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received
The Obelisk.................Rome
The Egyptian Obelisk in St Peter's Square, Rome. Little is known of its origins or which Pharaoh ordered its construction, because it has no hieroglyphs on it that would record that information. It was certainly quarried in Egypt and intended to be erected in Heliopolis. Sometime between 30 and 28 BC the red granite obelisk shows up in Alexandria under Augustus’s instructions to have it erected in the Julian Forum there.
It was Gaius Caligula who had the obelisk bought to Rome in 37 AD. It was the largest non-inscribed obelisk to leave Egypt, at 25.5 m high and weighing an estimated 326 tonnes. The obelisk was originally erected in gardens Caligula had inherited from his mother, and then on the central spina of a circus that was started by Caligula and completed during Nero’s reign. Much of this circus is under under the basilica and square, the original spot for the obelisk is near the present-day sacristy, south of the basilica.
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