Tomb / Necropolis

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

Egypt
Era
c. 2nd century CE
Coordinates
31.1781°, 29.8919°
Category
Tomb / Necropolis

Three-level Roman-era necropolis carved into Alexandrian bedrock. Egyptian iconography fused with Greek and Roman, the most striking syncretic art surviving from antiquity.

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