The Pompey's Pillar

10:53 AM | Posted by Mostafa Gad




The Pompey's Pillar of the most famous monuments in Alexandria. Built on a hill among the door Sidra Muslim cemetery knew as the current landfill column and the Golan Com Petrie archaeological sites. The average length of around 27 meters and is made of stone granite red. Held in memory of the Emperor Diocletian in the third century AD. Which is the last remaining relics of the temple Serapeum established by Bustumus. and is considered the highest monument in the world. did not specify the date of establishment of this column precisely because he is returning to the Roman era, and was told that I dedicate this column after the victory of Christianity in Alexandria.

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