This Theodosius Obelisk presides in front of the blue mosque, within Hippodrome Square - the ancient center of Byzantine civic life and the scene of many a chariot race. This Obelisk is said to have graced Karnak, the Great Temple of Amun, in ancient Thebes. And though mystery surrounds its removal, it was the Eastern Emperor Theodosius who shipped the obelisk in 390 AD and had it placed in his hippodrome/p
