THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Architecture | Egypt
1. ARCHITECTURE. Egypt.
Pharos of Alexandria. Reconstruction.
Alexandria.
2. SCULPTURE. Asia.
Hippodrome of Constantinople. Obelisk of Theodosius.
Red granite from Aswan. 1479—1425 BCE.
Transported to Constantinople in 390.
Istanbul.
3. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Obelisk of Psammetichus II (595—589 BCE) from Heliopolis.
Red granite.
6th cent. BCE.
Rome, Piazza di Monte Citorio.