Small sphinx and column of red granite 30m tall,

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Small sphinx and column of red granite 30m tall, erected in 298 AD in honour of the Emperor Diocletian on the Acropolis of Alexandria. It was wrongly named Pompey’s Pillar by travellers during the Middle Ages, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Africa, Egypt
Photo credit: © Peter Langer / Danita Delimont / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: acropolis, africa, al, alexandria, ancient, arab, arabian, archaeology, architecture, art, column, diocletian, egypt, egyptian, emperor, empire, history, iskandariyah, langer, peter, pillar, pompeii, roman, rome, small, sphinx