Pyramid di Galo Cestio Col Cimetero del Protestanti

Pyramid di Galo Cestio Col Cimetero del Protestanti

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Pyramid di Galo Cestio Col Cimetero del Protestanti

From the album Rome to Pompeii


ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.8 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 138. PYRAMID DI GALO CESTIO COL CIMETERO DEL
PROTESTANTI
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: B. 250 \ Pyramid of Cestius is the tomb of Caius Cestius who died before B.C. 12 The Egyptian \ pyramidal form was not infrequently adopted by the Romans in the construction of their \ tombs That of Cestius is built of brick and covered with marble blocks: height 116 ft.; \ length of each side of the base 98 ft. Refer further to Baedeker.
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