View the Serapeum from above on Google Maps! — Roger Pearse


The temple of Serapis stood on a raised area in ancient Alexandria. It consisted of an enclosure with a colonnade all round, and the temple stood in the centre. Remarkably this arrangement can still be seen today in satellite photographs on Google Maps! The area to the north of the enclosure is a muslim cemetary, but…

via View the Serapeum from above on Google Maps! — Roger Pearse

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