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The Pyramid of Cestius
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⚫It is an ancient pyramid located in Rome, Italy.
⚫Due to its incorporation into the city’s fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.
⚫The pyramid was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius a member of the Epulones religious corporation.
⚫The Epulones arranged feasts and public banquets at festivals and games.
⚫They constituted one of the four great religious corporations of ancient Roman priests.
⚫The tomb was completed in 330 days and was one of two pyramid shaped tombs in the city of Rome.
⚫The pyramid measures 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and stands 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.
⚫Inside the pyramid there is the burial chamber, measuring 5.95 metres long, 4.10 m wide and 4.80 m high.
⚫Two marble bases were found next to the pyramid during excavations in the 1660s, complete with fragments of the bronze statues that originally had stood on their tops.
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