Archaeological site · Egypt
Kom el-Dikka
كوم الدكة
An excavated Roman and Byzantine quarter in central Alexandria with a marble odeon, baths, lecture halls and the Villa of the Birds mosaics.
Where it is
31.1952, 29.9043
Why go
Kom el-Dikka preserves part of a well-to-do civic and residential district occupied from roughly the second to sixth centuries AD. Its centrepiece is a small theatre, or odeon, with tiered marble seating, which the ministry describes as unique in Egypt. Around it lie the Villa of the Birds with its bird and geometric floor mosaics, a large bath complex with underfloor heating, and a row of lecture halls thought to belong to a school of philosophy. Statues and architectural pieces recovered from Alexandria's submerged ruins are also displayed across the open-air site.
Near Kom el-Dikka
Museum
Graeco-Roman Museum
Alexandria’s museum devoted to Egypt during the Greek and Roman periods.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Synagogue
Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue
A basilica-plan synagogue on Nabi Daniel Street in Alexandria, rededicated by the antiquities ministry in January 2020 after restoration.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Alexandria National Museum
A former palace housing collections that trace Alexandria and Egypt through successive historical periods.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum
A museum inside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina showing finds from the library's own building site and objects raised from Alexandria's seabed.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ