Roman globe in Vatican
The preserved globe-shaped sculpture that crowned the obelisk is now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. There are traces of gilding; the object is dated to the 1st century CE.
Interestingly, in the Middle Ages it was widely believed that Caesar’s own ashes were stored in the globe.
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