▲ For ancient sailors, the Egyptian coast was nothing short of a nightmare: the flat coastline often deceived mariners with hidden reefs and shallows. On a moonless and stormy autumn night in 280 BC, an Egyptian royal wedding ship struck a reef and sank while entering the port of Alexandria, drowning all the noble relatives and the bride brought from Europe in the disaster.
▲ The Serapeum of Alexandria stands atop the ruins of the Temple of Serapeum, requiring a climb of 100 steps to reach. This towering 22-meter-high column, carved from red Aswan granite, is the renowned Serapeum of Alexandria, majestically rising over the remnants of Rhakotis Hill where Alexander the Great spent his formative years.
▲ This is currently known as one of the larger Roman-era burial sites in Egypt. The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa consist of three levels of tombs, with burial chambers reaching depths of 35 meters. The lowest level, approximately 20 meters below street level, is flooded by groundwater and inaccessible, but the upper visitable areas are already impressive enough.