Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages : Stonehenge
| Colosseum | Catacombs
of Kom el Shoqafa | Great
Wall of China | Porcelain
Tower of Nanjing | Hagia
Sophia | Leaning
Tower of Pisa
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa are in Alexandria, Egypt. The necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. A circular staircase leads down into tombs that were tunneled into the bedrock during the age of the Antonine emperors (2nd century AD). The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa is, according to some lists, one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the Middle Ages. The facility was in use from the 2nd century to the 4th century.
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