Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt
Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13724463
Media ID
45397398
Size
8268px x 5514px
(14.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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