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Wikipedia: The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Tutmoses III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.
![[Transport of the obelisk.Traces of a vertical gash (north face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hippodrome003_s.jpg "Transport of the obelisk.Traces of a vertical gash (north face).")
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![[Latin inscription (east face)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Obelisk_of_theodosius_latin_inscription_s.jpg "Latin inscription (east face)")
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![[Submission of the barbarians (west face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Ippodromo_Base_obelisco_Teodosio_lato_NO_sotto_s.jpg "Submission of the barbarians (west face).")
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![[The chariot race (south face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hippodrome008_s.jpg "The chariot race (south face).")
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from G.dallorto |
from user:JoJan |
![[Greek inscription (west face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hippodrome006_s.jpg "Greek inscription (west face).")
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![[The emperor and his court (south face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hippodrome007_s.jpg "The emperor and his court (south face).")
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from user:JoJan |
from user:JoJan |
![[Latin inscription.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Theodosius_obelisk_Latin_inscription_s.jpg "Latin inscription.")
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![[One side of Istanbul's Obelisk of Theodosius.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Obelisk_of_Theodosius_s.jpg "One side of Istanbul's Obelisk of Theodosius.")
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from Dmgultekin |
![[Obelisk of Theodosius]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Obelisk_of_Theodosius2_s.jpg "Obelisk of Theodosius")
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![[The obelisk of Theodosius I in Istanbul.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hippodrome_Constantinople_2007_007_s.jpg "The obelisk of Theodosius I in Istanbul.")
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from Dmgultekin |
 from Gryffindor |
![[Bottom of the inscription (south face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Hippodrome010_s.jpg "Bottom of the inscription (south face).")
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![[Top of the inscription (south face).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Istanbul_Ippodromo_Obelisco_Foto_G_Dall_27Orto_25_5_2006_s.jpg "Top of the inscription (south face).")
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