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Some of the greatest city of antiquity remains to be seen today: The Roman Amphitheater Over 30 years of excavation have uncovered many Roman remains including this well-preserved theatre with marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries and sections of mosaic-flooring. In Ptolemaic times this area was the Park of Pan, a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman villas and baths. It was used for musical performances, and sometimes also for wrestling contests. Materials for its constructions were brought form all over the world: marble from Asia minor, red granite from Aswan and white marble from Europe. The Anfushi Tombs
Limestone tombs, dating from about 250 BCand painted to simulate alabasster and marble, decorated with pictures of Egyptian gods and daily life- and graffiti dating from the same period.
Pompey's Pillar
A 25m. red granite column constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian, originally from the Temple of Serapis, once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesareum. Nearby are subterranean galleries where the sacred Apis bulls were buried, and three sphinxes.
The Catacombs of Kom es-ShoqafaThis warren of tombs, on three levels, also contains the Triclinium, shere relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast th dead, and a central tomb with reliefs of bearded serpents. Inside are 2nd century AD statues of Sobek and Anubis wearing Roman armour.
The Graeco-Roman MuseumFounded in 1892, the graeco—Roman Museum of Alexandria has already celebrated its centenary. Its vast collection, gathered together over these hundred years, is the product of donations from wealthy Alexandrians as well as of excavations led by successive directors of the institution, both within the town and in its environs. Certain other objects have come from the Organization of Antiquities at Cairo (particularly those of the Pharaonic period) and from various digs undertaken at the beginning of the century in The Fayoum and at Benhasa (Middle Egypt). Housed within an historic building whose beautiful neo-classical facade of six columns and pediment bears the large Greek inscription, ‘MOYXEION’, the Museum consists of 27 halls and an attractive garden, which offer an excellent introduction to the Greek and Roman art of Egypt. => next |
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