Digging Up the Past

This week's free picture

The obelisk of Tutmoses III in the Hippodrome of Istanbul stands on a block of marble, the faces of which are carved with reliefs. Patricians stand watching the races. The man on the left appears to be clutching a purse - probably he has put all his money on the Blues - or the Greens, Reds or Whites.

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