Roman Catacombs in Alexandria

Roman Catacombs in Alexandria

Alexandria in the beautiful Egypt, was a part of the Roman empire and the largest city after Rome's capital,

That's the reason of many Roman artifacts in Alexandria one of them is the Roman catacombs,

located Kom El Shoqafa which means Mound of Shards, and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages

These catacombs, the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt, were constructed in the 1st and 2nd century AD, probably as a family crypt.

The beautiful Egypt, Roman catacombs in Alexandria is a mixture of the Pharaonic art overlapped with the Roman art of the city and the most magnificent models of funerary architecture. The cemetery was discovered by chance on September 28, 1900, although excavations began in this area since 1892, the chance came when a donkey fall in a hole and they were trying to check how the donkey fall to save it they found the great Roman Catacombs.

Grand Egyptian Museum

GEM The world largest museum ever.

Grand Egyptian museum site is 2 km from the pyramids,the museum complex will be approximately 480,000 square meters.

Grand Egyptian museum hosts more than 100,00 artifacts from Pharaonic , Greek and Roman eras, about 3500 artifacts of the king Tutankhamun. 

General Director, Tarek Tawfik said "This will be the museum of the 21st century,"

All means of modern technology have been taken into consideration in order to make this an unforgettable experience for the visitor, but at the same time provide the best possible environment for the artifacts.

The world largest museum.

Costing more than $1 billion, the museum will re-house and restore some of the country's most precious relics. Its expansive, glass-fronted building offers sweeping panoramas of the Giza plateau and Great Pyramids,

Grand Egyptian Museum first test soft opening is scheduled for the end of this year, when a collection of Tutankhamun's possessions will go on display in approximately one-third of the museum space.