Obelisk Of Thutmose Iii. Obelisk of Theodosius (Dikilitas), Ancient Egyptian Obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III Editorial It was initially placed to the south of the seventh pylon of the great temple of Karnak. In the centre of the Hippodrome, this immaculately preserved pink granite obelisk was carved in Egypt during the reign of Thutmose III (r 1549-1503 BC) and erected in the Amon-Re temple at Karnak
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The historic Obelisk of Theodosius was in the same area as the Blue Mosque, which we last visited The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Tutmoses III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.
Obelisk of Theodosius (Dikilitas), Ancient Egyptian Obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III Editorial
The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Tutmoses III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD. Theodosius the Great (r 379-95) had it brought from Egypt to Constantinople in AD 390 In the centre of the Hippodrome, this immaculately preserved pink granite obelisk was carved in Egypt during the reign of Thutmose III (r 1549-1503 BC) and erected in the Amon-Re temple at Karnak
Obelisk des Thutmose Tuthmosis ich am Obelisk Hof von Amenhotep III. von Bezirk von Amun Re. Thutmose's obelisk The oldest monument of Constantinople is the obelisk in the Hippodrome, which was erected by the emperor Theodosius I in 390, but is in fact much, much older: it was originally made for Thutmose III, who ruled Egypt from 1479 to 1425. In the centre of the Hippodrome, this immaculately preserved pink granite obelisk was carved in Egypt during the reign of Thutmose III (r 1549-1503 BC) and erected in the Amon-Re temple at Karnak
Obelisk of Thutmose III in Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey Stock Photo Alamy. The obelisk of Thutmose III (1479-1425 BCE), which originally stood at the temple of Karnak, Egypt, but was removed to Constantinople by Theodosius the Great in the 4th century CE. The Obelisk is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.