Catacombs Kom al-Shukafa

Archaeologists believe that the catacombs were laid in the 2nd century AD.

They were used to intern the dead for the next 200 years.

It was a period in the history of the city of Alexandria when different cultures were mixed.

In 332 BC, A. The Great conquered the land, founded Alexandria, a dynasty of Greek rulers, and brought their culture to the mother country.

In 31 BC. The Romans took control of the city and added their traditions.

This turned Alexandria, then the capital of Egypt, into what some call the “Paris of Antiquity.”

People have marvellously combined elements of these three great cultures.

Although much of this has now disappeared from modern Alexandria in the catacombs of Kom al-Shukaf, the intellectual mix of those times is still evident.

You can walk to the catacombs from Pompey’s Pillar, which is also in Karmus.

If you're coming from a pole, start right in front of the cash register.

Turning your back to the entrance, turn to a small street, slightly uphill and away from the tram tracks.

Follow this street a few hundred meters past the small mosque on the left; the entrance to the catacombs is in the next block to your left.

A taxi from Midan Saad Zaghloul to the catacombs costs about 35 Libyan pounds.