Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa

Alexandria Governorate · Egypt

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Egypt
Photo: Asiatologist, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to June
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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This underground necropolis blends Egyptian, Greek and Roman funerary art across multiple carved levels. Rediscovered by chance, it is regarded as one of the great burial sites of the Greco-Roman world.

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