Caesarea obelisk. In the distance, the chimneys of Hadera powerplant.
The Caesarea obelisk is a red granite Obelisk 12 metres high (10.5 + 1.4 m), which was erected in the hippodrome of Herod the Great's new-built Roman city of Caesarea Maritima , now Israel. The obelisk seems to have been erected after Herod's time, in the 2nd century CE. The obelisk was discovered in 1980, broken in three sections and buried in the ruins of the hippodrome, where it must originally have been a major feature. It was restored and reerected in 2001.
Trophy obelisks were erected in similar urban contexts by Herod's Roman patrons. An obelisk erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople remains in situ. Another, formerly in the Circus of Nero, Rome, was moved to Saint Peter's Square in the 16th century.
The Caesareaobelisk is a red granite Obelisk 12 metres high (10.5 + 1.4 m), which was erected in the hippodrome of Herod the Great's new-built Roman...
Egyptian obelisks in the Roman Empire were set up at Rome: Herod the Great imitated his Roman patrons and set up an obelisk, Caesareaobelisk, made out...
that period; the same clothes are shown on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. The Black Obelisk is dated to about 825 BCE. It was also excavated at...
At the top of the circus that Caligula built, an Egyptian obelisk had been placed. The obelisk had been there since ancient times; in 1586 it was moved...
580 miles (930 km) from Aswan by barge on the Nile river. Karnak, Egypt. Obelisk, 328 tons. Largest architraves, 70 tons. Sandstone transported from Gebel...
obelisk was motivated by Theodosius' victory over "the tyrants" (most likely Maximus Magnus and his son Victor).: 410 It is now known as the obelisk...
commissioned obelisks in an ancient Egyptian style. Examples include: Arles, France – the Arles Obelisk, in Place de la République, a 4th-century obelisk of Roman...
throughout the empire, many of which passed through Caesarea Maritima, a newly built port city. Caesarea was by far the largest port in Roman Judea and one...
known as the circus of Gaius and Nero and had an Egyptian obelisk, now known as the "Vatican obelisk", transported by sea and erected in the middle of Rome...
all the royal treasure amounting to a very great sum... — Procopius of Caesarea The term treasury was first used in Classical times to describe the votive...
Endubis, Aksum began minting coins that have been excavated as far away as Caesarea and southern India. Aksum continued to expand under the reign of Gedara...
work of universal history of Eusebius, an early 4th century bishop of Caesarea Maritima. Eusebius categorized several historical polities in the Mediterranean...
and the Transformation of the Book: Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006). Codex in Crisis...
about 180 miles (290 km) by sea from Corinth. From there he traveled to Caesarea and Antioch. Paul returned to Ephesus on his third missionary journey and...
converting to Islam, and small urban communities remaining in Nablus and Caesarea, as well as in Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo and Sarepta. Nevertheless, the Muslim...
against the Parthians by the Praetorian Guard. Macrinus was born in 164 at Caesarea. Although coming from a humble background that was not dynastically related...
position from the top of Moscow's Stele of Freedom (also known as the Obelisk of Revolutionary Thinkers), as one of the most influential thinkers "who...
affiliation: The Christian tradition, most notably Lactantius and Eusebius of Caesarea, relate the story of a vision of God to Constantine during the campaign...
Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-09-29. Eusebius of Caesarea. "Chapter XXXI.—The Death of John and Philip". Historia Ecclesiae. Archived...
the Barberini obelisk to commemorate his late lover's funeral rites, including the Egyptian opening of the mouth ceremony; the obelisk was erected in...
Edfu. Obelisk – The earliest temple obelisk still in its original position is the 68-foot (20.7 m) 120-metric-ton (130-short-ton) red granite Obelisk of...
sources. The first record came from his contemporary biographer, Eusebius of Caesarea in his Life of Constantine. Jerome's Chronicon (380 CE) also mentions the...
head, arguing that it was commissioned by Cleopatra Selene II at Iol (Caesarea Mauretaniae) and was meant to depict her mother, Cleopatra. Walker (2001...
to that on the Barberini ivory) or on the obelisk of Theodosius in the hippodrome (shown left). On the obelisk of Theodosius ten barbarians, again divided...
Decapolis (Mark 7:31) From Sidon, at which his ship put in after leaving Caesarea, Paul finally sailed for Rome (Acts 27:3, 4). The account ascribed to the...
an army and begins a campaign against the Goths. Theodosius I brings an obelisk from Egypt to the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Rudrasena II of Vakataka...
Global Information