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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.
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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.

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