Monuments of Kom El Deka in Alexandria – Places to Visit in Alexandria
Kom El Dikka neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt | Facts and history of the most important tourist places in Alexandria and the historical archaeological areas in Egypt and what are the most important tombs, temples and Pharaonic monuments in the area, visiting hours, entrance ticket prices and more to start your tourist tour in Egypt.
Monuments of Kom El Deka Facts
This neighborhood is one of those areas in Alexandria, the historical areas, specifically those currently belonging to the Downtown Alexandria neighborhood..
This area is topped by a hill that actually rises about eight to ten metres above sea level..
It is located in an area between those archaeological tourist areas and the commercial hubs in the city center. It is an artificial hill that was formed from the rubble of those buildings that had been demolished and then piled up on top of each other.
This ancient or influential neighborhood is considered the focus of the archaeological area in the city of Alexandria..
It is still full of excavations and magnificent artifacts, one of which may be the tomb of Alexander the Great, the most famous king of the Greek-Macedonian dynasty..
The area was also used as a cemetery in the Greek-Roman era, and the Mamluk era..
Where did the name come from?
This area was known in ancient times as the Acropolis area, meaning that it was the place elevated above the city where those ancient Egyptian Temples and religious buildings were built..
This is similar to the countries of Greece and the Greeks, which had the Acropolis..
This name or the naming of Kom El-Dikka El-Saeer Zilk to that area dates back to the nineteenth century, when this historian Al-Nuwairi or the Alexandrian historian passed by it and saw this expensive or high earthen mound which resembled (the bench) to some extent..
This was the result of the excavation work that took place in the Mahmoudia Canal during the era of Sultan Muhammad Ali, where this large earthen mound was made up of a group of piles of compacted earth..
What is the old legend about Kom El Dikka neighborhood?
It has spread widely among the old people of Alexandria. It is a very strange and wonderful legend about the construction of the Kom El-Dikka neighborhood, which is one of the most important and famous neighborhoods in the city of Alexandria..
This legend says that Alexander the Great, the ruler of Egypt at the time, was sitting on a couch (or bench in colloquial language) which was made of gold and at the same time was inlaid with pieces of diamonds, rubies and a group of precious jewels..
When Alexander the Great decided to undertake one of his major military campaigns, one of which was to take him outside the country, he feared that his private couch would be stolen..
Then, at that time, one of the engineers came and he assigned him to build that room under the ground and he put the sofa in it and then he killed this engineer who knew the secret, so that no one there would know the location of the sofa except him..
He also ordered that the entire place be completely filled in without placing anything in it indicating where the expensive and precious couch was buried..
Alexander the Great never returned to Alexandria again after that. He died in that invasion, which was his last major invasion. The location of that couch remains unknown until now, but it was known at the time as “Kom el-Dikka.”».
The monuments in Kom el-Dikka
The area known as Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria is full of many of the most important and valuable antiquities in ancient Alexandria, the most important of which are the following::
First: The Roman Theater
The Roman Theater “Amphitheatre of Alexandria” in Kom El-Dikka is one of the large and very important monuments of the Roman era, as it was actually built at the beginning of the fourth century AD..
It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt..
This building was discovered by chance, nothing more, during the process of removing the soil in order to search for the tomb of Alexander the Great, by the Polish mission that took place in 1960..
Archaeologists at the time called it the Roman Theater when a number of marble steps were discovered, and there was a great deal of controversy about the function of that ancient building..
It took approximately 30 years to excavate that building..
Second: Bird Villa
The Villa of Birds in Kom El-Dikka district is the only open museum in Egypt that contains mosaics. This villa dates back to the first century AD, specifically or approximately during the era of Emperor Hadrian, from (117-138 AD).).
This house or villa remained in use until the end of the Byzantine era, from 450 AD to 550 AD..
What is the price of a ticket to visit Kom El-Dikka district for Egyptians?
Kom El-Dikka neighborhood visit ticket fees for adults: 10.
The entrance fee for Egyptian students is only 5 pounds..
What is the price of a ticket to visit Kom El-Dikka neighborhood for foreigners?
The ticket fee to visit Kom El-Dikka district for foreigners is 80 Egyptian pounds..
If the student is a foreigner, the entrance fee is only 40 pounds..
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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