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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sais - Piazza Minerva ObeliskCountry: Italy Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Rome Nearest Village: Roma
Latitude: 41.898080N Longitude: 12.477530E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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XIII visited on 1st May 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
One of a pair of Obelisks from Sais in the Western Nile Delta. It was brought to Rome by Diocletian for the Temple of Isis.
It is now in the Piazza della Minerva behind the Pantheon. The other of the pair is now in Urbino.
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