Obelisk of Seti I, Kom El Deka, Alexandria, Egypt
Pedestal of the Obelisk of Seti I, east side, at the Open Air Museum, founded 2005, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The obelisk was discovered in 1995 in 4 fragments. The pedestal hieroglyphs declare the names of Seti I and dedicate the monument to the gods of Heliopolis, from where it was moved to Alexandria by Ramesses II. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13724456
Media ID
45397794
Size
8268px x 5568px
(21.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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