Catacombs Of Kom El Shoqafa – Largest Roman Burial Site In Egypt

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Located in Alexandria, Egypt the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa is one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval Ages. It’s an archaeological site of great importance.

The tombs were tunneled into the bedrock in the age of the Antonine emperors (2nd century A.D.) The catacombs were originally intended as a burial chamber for only one family, but the privately funded project was expanded to allow for many more people.

The necropolis consists in fact of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues, and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences.

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