catacombs #shorts

catacombs Located to the east of Alexandria is the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt. The catacombs were discovered by chance in the early twentieth century and are known as Kom al-Shuqafa or the hill of shrapnel in Arabic and date back to the first or second century AD. Experts believe that the site began as a private tomb and later turned into a public cemetery, with many rooms and winding corridors leading to great depths. Alexandria was a melting pot city with influences from Greece, Rome and of course from ancient Egypt, the crypts feature a fascinating mixture of the three cultures. In one of the burial chambers, you will find many coffins decorated with carvings of deities from Greek mythology such as Medusa and the Egyptian god Anubis, dressed in Roman dress