Catacombs of Kom el- Shukafa Sepulchral Chapel, Alexandria is a famous monument in Alexandria. It is an awe inspiring work of rock-cut architecture. Catacombs of Kom el- Shukafa Sepulchral Chapel, Alexandria is a massive structure with intricately decorated interiors.
The first catacombs of its kind were built in the late 1st Century AD. From the rotunda of the Catacombs of Kom el- Shukafa Sepulchral Chapel, Alexandria a staircase continues down and then divides. From here one can view the main burial chambers. At the foot of the stairs is the entrance to the Sepulchral Chapel. It has three niches containing sarcophagi. In the central niche the mummy lies on a bier. It is surrounded by three gods of the underworld, Horus, Thoth and Anubis.
Round the sepulchral chapel runs a gallery which enters from the vestibule to the chapel. It contains 91 loculi, each large enough to accommodate at least three if not four mummies.
Catacombs of Kom el- Shukafa Sepulchral Chapel, Alexandria is one of the most inspired monuments of Alexandrian funerary architecture.
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