Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: "Mbiru yaPompey", mbiru yokukunda yeRoma, ndechimwe chezvivako zvekare zvinozivikanwa zvikuru zvichiripo muAlexandria nhasi. Iri paAleksandria yekare acropolis - chikomo chiduku chiri pedyo neguva reArab muguta racho - uye pakutanga yakanga iri rutivi rwetemberi colonnade. Kubatanidza chigadziko charo, chakareba mamita makumi matatu; shaft yacho yakagadzirwa negranite tsvuku yakapukutwa, 2.7 m (8.9 ft) dhayamita pazasi, ichiderera kusvika 2.4 m (7.9 ft) kumusoro. Gomba racho rakareba mamita 27, uye rakagadzirwa nechidimbu chimwe chete chegireniti. Vhoriyamu yacho i132 cubic metres (4,662 cubic feet) uye uremu hunenge matani 396. Mbiru yaPompey ingangodaro yakavakwa pachishandiswa nzira dzaishandiswa pakuvaka matongo ekare. VaRoma vaiva nemakero asi vakanga vasina simba rokusimudza chimwe chinhu chinorema kudaro. Roger Hopkins naMark Lehrner vakaita ongororo dzinoverengeka dzokuvaka obelisk kusanganisira kuedza kwakabudirira kuvaka obelisk yairema matani 25 muna 1999. Izvi zvakatevera kuedza kuvamba zvivako zviduku zviviri uye kuedza kuvamba chivako chakakura matani 25 kwakakundikana kaviri. Chivako chacho chakapambwa ndokuparadzwa muzana ramakore rechina apo bhishopi akarayira kuti chihedheni chinofanira kubviswa. "Shongwe yaPompey" izita risina kururama, sezvo isina chokuita naPompey, yakamiswa muna 293 nokuda kwaDiocletian, zvichida mukurangarira kupandukira kwaDomitius Domitianus. Pasi peAcropolis pachayo pane zvisaririra zvepasi pevhu zveSerapeum, uko zvakavanzika zvamwari Serapis zvaiitwa, uye vane mizariro yemadziro akavezwa ayo anotendwa kuva akagovera nzvimbo yokuchengetera inopfuura nokuda kweRaibhurari yakare. Mumakore achangobva kupfuura, zvinhu zvakawanda zvekare zvakawanikwa mugungwa rakapoteredza, zvikurukuru zvidimbu zvehari yekare.  Mubvunzo: Mbiru yaPompey yakareba sei, kusanganisira chiteshi chayo?
rakareba mamita 30