Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria is the crossroads of the ancient world, and prospered as the Mediterranean's most glorious city under the Ptolemies, the dynastic Greek family that reigned as pharaohs over Egypt. Our extension includes explorations of the Roman Amphitheater (the only one in Egypt), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the extensive Alexandria National Museum, and the Catacombs of Kom El Shugafa, the largest Roman burial site discovered in Egypt.
Arrive: Cairo, Egypt
Depart: Cairo, Egypt
Visit the Alexandria Greco-Roman Museum, which showcases the rich history and cultural heritage of Alexandria during the Greco-Roman period. The museum features over 40,000 artifacts from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, many of which were discovered in Alexandria and its surrounding areas. The collection includes statues, jewelry, pottery, coins, and everyday objects that illustrate the blending of Greek, Egyptian, and Roman cultures, showing the city’s importance as a major cultural and intellectual hub in the ancient world. Later, we visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shugafa, the largest Roman burial site discovered in Egypt. The three tiers of tombs and chambers are cut into the bedrock to a depth of over 100 feet. Constructed in the 2nd century AD as a single-family crypt, these tombs were later expanded to hold more than 300 individual tombs. There is even a banquet hall where grieving relatives paid their last respects with a funereal feast. Though the motifs are pure ancient Egyptian, the architects and artists were schooled in the Greco-Roman style, resulting in an amazingly integrated artwork quite unlike anything else in the world. We return to Cairo in the afternoon. Overnight at Cairo group hotel (this is Day 1 of the regular trip)...BL
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