Alone in the Catacombs of Egypt's Kom El Shoqafa E G

I set out for the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa thinking this would be a nice way to fill the better part of an afternoon in Alexandria checking out an Egyptian Greco-Roman underground burial chamber dating from about 200 CE.
I hadn’t counted on a couple things: First, that the site would be so impressive (it’s considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages). And second, that I would have the cavernous catacombs to myself for the better part of an hour before finally encountering a group of four people as I was about to leave.
If you like your antiquities sites lightly-visited and are coming to Alexandria, you’ll likely enjoy this place as much as I did, as the video uploaded to my TH-cam channel shows.
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[@SailorGreenTea]

Interesting

[@OUTBOUNDWITHRON]

Thanks!

[@ExpatGringo]

That was fantastic. It's amazing what can be accomplished with cheap labor. I wonder who was interred there. Thanks, Ron!❤

[@NorceCodine]

The tomb complex was built relatively late in the Roman period, 2nd or 3rd century AD, the decoration is typical Greco-Roman Egyptian syncretism, and after the Romans was used by Christians as living quarters, like many other tomb complexes. This area was favored by the Romans for building larger tombs, there were some others found in the vicinity but in very poor state, although the Shoqafa complex is the largest.