Video lecture on obelisks in Rome by Bettina Reitz-Joosse (as part of the Universiteit van Nederland)
Imagine: it's the year 150 and you're a resident of Rome. You walk amongst the magnificent architecture: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the aqueducts. But what is that enormous Egyptian pillar doing there? And how did it get here in one piece? In a video lecture (in Dutch) for the Universiteit van Nederland, classicist Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen) explains why Roman emperors were so proud of the erection of obelisks.
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Last modified: | 11 February 2021 5.31 p.m. |
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