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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Isaiah, xix:23.)--'In that day shall there be
a highway out of Egypt to Assyria; and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria.' In the verse quoted
from Isaiah, Egypt is represented as going to Assyria, and the Assyrians as coming to Egypt. What is true of Egypt and Assyria
has been true of Egypt and many other surrounding nations. There was a Persian dynasty in Egypt, a Macedonian dynasty, and
a Roman dynasty. Pompey's pillar may be taken as a monument which stands for this universal relation of Egypt with other nations.
This was erected by Pompey, a Roman prefect, in honor of Diocletian some little time after A.D. 302. It is made of granite
brought from Aswan. The shaft is about seventy feet and the whole monument, including its pedestal, is a little over one hundred
feet high." See 5152BAI/LVi70CAJS (Voyager #358020)
Thin column with base and capital
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