Wonders3 - Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Title

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Latitude

31.18751

Longitude

29.90467

Place

Alexandria, Egypt.

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found no matches.

World_Time

Medieval Mind

Image_Url

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Kom_el_Shoqafa

Brief

Carved out of solid rock, three levels burrow into the ground near the sites of the ancient stadium, and the long- vanished temple to Serapis, a Greek and Egyptian god. Many such catacombs once filigreed Alexandria's underground, but earthquakes and const

Year_Constructed

Description

Only in 1900 was Kom el Shoqafa rediscovered after centuries - by a donkey that fell through a hole in the ground and into its access well. The animal, it soon became clear, had made an extraordinary archeological find.

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 Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa</td>
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 Medieval Mind</td>
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 Alexandria, Egypt.</td>
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<td><a target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Kom_el_Shoqafa'>
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