19th century collage of the twelve obelisks in Rome at the time (the Dogali obelisk was found later). Note the photos of 10 and 11 are incorrectly swapped.
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The city of Rome harbours thirteen ancient obelisks, the most in the world. There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also until 2005 an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome.
The Romans used special heavy cargo carriers called obelisk ships to transport the monuments down the Nile[clarification needed] to Alexandria and from there across the Mediterranean Sea to Rome. On site, large Roman cranes were employed to erect the monoliths.
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city ofRome harbours thirteen ancient obelisks, the most in the world. There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisksinRome, together...
smallest of the 13 ancient obelisks present inRome nowadays. Together with pedestal and elephant, the statue stands 12.69 meters tall. The obelisk is considered...
Egyptian obelisks. The list does not include modern or pre-modern pseudo-Egyptian obelisks, such as the numerous Egyptian-style obelisks commissioned by Roman...
The Flaminio Obelisk (Italian: Obelisco Flaminio) is one of the thirteen ancient obelisksinRome, Italy. It is located in the Flaminio quarter on Piazza...
Obelisksof the World ObelisksofRome (series of articles in Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome 1929) History of the obeliskof Arles...
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Mediterranean to Rome. Today, eight ancient Egyptian obelisks stand inRome, though not in their original places. The first of the obelisks, the 263-ton Flaminian...
chipping tool; see the outlined area Listof colossal sculpture in situ Listof Egyptian obelisksListof largest monoliths in the world Wikimedia Commons has...
Egyptian Obelisks, The Religious Tract Society, London, 1926, reprinted 1990, p.160-165. Labib Habachi, The Obelisksof Egypt, skyscrapers of the past...
by Domitian and placed in the Temple of Isis in the Campus Martius, along with three other obelisks still inRome: the Obelisk at the Monument to those...
formerly (until 2005) an ancient Ethiopian obeliskinRome. The city contains some ofobelisksin piazzas, such as in Piazza Navona, St Peter's Square, Piazza...
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This is a listof ancient monuments from Republican and Imperial periods in the city ofRome, Italy. Amphitheater of Caligula Amphitheatrum Castrense Amphitheater...
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make Rome a better destination for pilgrimages, and the new streets were intended to permit a better access to the major Basilicas. Old obelisks were...
of the tallest obelisksinRome (some 24 m high, or 36 m including its plinth). The obelisk was brought to Romein 10 BC by order of Augustus and originally...
churches inRome, which makes it the city with the largest number of churches in the world. Almost all of these are Catholic. The first churches ofRome originated...
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Mediterranean to Rome and Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) and Ammianus Marcellinus (330–393 CE) give accounts of how obelisks were brought...
Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city ofRome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre...
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