Carved crosses on The Octagon, vaulted burial
Carved crosses on The Octagon, vaulted burial chamber, 1st century BC, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The chamber rests on a rectangular base and holds the skeleton of a young woman in a marble sarcophagus. It is thought to be a monument to Ptolemy Arsinoe IV, the youngest sister of the famous Cleopatra VII, who was murdered in Ephesus in 41 BC. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13459901
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45381491
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5616px x 3624px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
