Alexandria

December 13, 2023
236 - IMG_2331 Archaeological and touristic sites in Alexandria Governorate - today we'll visit Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Pompey's Pillar, Qayitbay Citadel and Montaza...
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001 - IMG_8592 Arriving Alexandria in the afternoon of Dec. 12. Originally founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria was once one of the wealthiest cities in the...
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002 - IMG_E8592 Alexandria, located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean in the Far West Nile delta area; extending about 25 miles along the northern coast of Egypt, the...
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003 - IMG_8593 Alexandria was best known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its Great Library, the largest in the...
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005 - IMG_2174 Entrance to Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa (meaning: Mount of Shards, because the area used to contain a mound of shards of terra cotta which mostly consisted of...
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010 - P1210183 First discovered in 1900, the Catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa comprise two separate complexes, referred to as the 'Main Catacomb' and the 'Hall of Caracalla'. These...
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080 - IMG_2220 Both complexes are reached via a spiral staircase (A) that winds around the tomb shaft of the Main Catacomb. It was down this shaft that the deceased would have...
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078 - P1210249 Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa located about 11 miles southwest of Alexandria...
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077 - P1210246 Entrance to the spiral staircase (A)...
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012 - IMG_2175 The tomb of Kom El-Shouqafa archaeological (First to fourth centuries)
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004 - P1210176 Groundwater damage and flooding, solution...
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007 - P1210180 Broken sundial and sphinxes...
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009 - P1210182 Sundial
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008 - P1210181 Sundial - A square panel with carved Latin numbers, lines and signs determine the time by the sun's fall on a metal indicator that was installed in the middle...
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011 - P1210186 The hollow shaft wrapped around by a spiral staircase, allowing large items to be lowered to lower level...
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015 - P1210188 Descending the spiral staircase, careful not to trip down the shallow step to the first lower level...
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014 - P1210187 Light from the surface enters the stairwell through openings carved out of the inner wall, allowing visitors to see into the shaft around which the staircase...
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025 - P1210197 Loculi (plural: small separate cavities, singular: loculus) surrounding principal tomb...
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