They've Seen It All
In the center of Istanbul's Byzantine Hippodrome stands
a tall Egyptian granite obelisk carved
during the reign of Pharaoh
Thutmose III (1504-1450
BC).
It was brought to Constantinople and
erected here by Emperor
Theodosius in 390
AD, almost two millennia after
it had been carved.
Theodosius installed the obelisk
on a marble base carved with figures
of himself and his family as
they watched events in the Hippodrome.
If only these stone eyes could
have seen what has happened in
the imperial city in the 1600+
years since then.... |
