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Multi-periodSite Name: Kom El-Shugafa Rock Cut TombsCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 24.284 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Alexandria Nearest Village: Alexandria
Latitude: 31.178560N Longitude: 29.892950E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Rock Cut Tomb in Lower Egypt (North)
This undergroung Hypogeum dates to the Ptolemeic / Roman time, during which several round shafts were sunk into the soft limestone and then expanded into chambers for individual and family tomb in a syncretic Egyptian and Greek style.
There was also a rest area for family members coming to visit.
The site was only rediscovered in about 1900, when a Donkey nearly fell into a hole.
Unfortunately, by then the ground water had spoiled the vast majority of the wall paintings.
A further Eyptian - Greek tomb from elesewhere in Alexandria was transplanted to this location and is now above ground, together with a Lapidarium in the parking lot.
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