Pyramid of Rome
by Joan Carroll
Title
Pyramid of Rome
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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You don’t have to go to Egypt to view a pyramid. You can visit the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome Italy. It was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome. At the time of its construction, it would have stood in open countryside as tombs being forbidden within the city walls. Rome grew enormously during the imperial period, and, by the 3rd century AD, the pyramid would have been surrounded by buildings. When opened in 1660, the chamber was found to be decorated with frescoes. Only scant traces of these frescoes survive, and no trace of any other contents. This pyramid was not the only one in Rome; a larger one—the "pyramid of Romulus" — was dismantled in the 16th century by Pope Alexander VI and the marble was used for the steps of St. Peter's Basilica. In the background the Porta San Paulo (San Paulo Gate) is visible. This is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy.
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