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04-APR-2009

Benneth and Beatris 003.jpg Egyptian obelisk of pharaoh Tutmoses III

Istanbul

SultanAhmet Meydani, in front of the obelisk.
"The Obelisk of Theodosius (Turkish: Dikilitas;) is the Egyptian obelisk of pharaoh Tutmoses III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydan&i; or Sultanahmet Meydan&i;, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I."
Taken from wikipedia.
For more information go to :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius

Canon EOS 40D
1/13s f/4.0 at 28.0mm iso640 full exif

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