Pompey's Pillar and Sphinx, Alexandria, Egypt
Pompey's Pillar and Sphinx, Alexandria, Egypt. The pillar is a Roman triumphal column, erected in 297 AD to commemorate the victory of the Emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt
Picture No
12587033
Media ID
47667678
Size
4108px x 5453px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Donald McLeish in The World's Greatest Wonders, Odhams Press', page 277
Date
circa early 1930s
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