Photos of Serapeum of Alexandria

The Pompeii Column towers over the ruins of the Temple of Serapeum, which requires 100 steps to reach. The Pompeii Column is a huge column 22 meters high, hewn from red Aswan granite, this is the famous Pompeii Column, it stands impressively on the remains of the Rhakotis hill, Alexander the Great is grew up here. Over the centuries, the Pompeii Column has been the main attraction of Alexandria. Its main body is a shaft-shaped cone-shaped granite with a foundation depth of 2.7 meters and a beautiful Corinthian capital at the top. An inscription at the base of the Pompeii column shows that the column was built in AD 291 to support a statue of Emperor Diocletian. In order to spread Greek culture and protect Egyptian civilization, the rulers of that year founded the Serapis belief. The word "Serapis" comes from the Egyptian god Osirapis, to which Ptomiele I added the characteristics of the Greek gods, created a new patron god Serapis for his people, and placed it on Mount Rohaktes. The temple of Serabyum was built on the mound. In the subsequent political and religious disputes, the temple was destroyed by Christians.