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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Italy

Submitted by AlexHunger on Thursday, 16 April 2009  Page Views: 7263

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 1.062 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Rome  Nearest Village: Roma
Latitude: 41.898080N  Longitude: 12.477530E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk
Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk submitted by AlexHunger : Site in Rome: 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Obelisk in Italy

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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Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk
Sais - Piazza Minerva Obelisk submitted by durhamnature : Old image from "History of Egypt...." via archive.org Site in Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

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