Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are located in Alexandria, Egypt. Half a kilometer to the northeast is the Serapeum of Alexandria, which is another archaeological site in the area. The Serapeum of Alexandria is considered to have been built by the Greeks in the 3rd century BC. Coordinates 31.178942, 29.893170 Description The site is thought to date to the Hellenistic period, and Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural attributes can be found throughout. The site is considered to have three levels dug into the rock, being up to 35 meters deep. The Catacombs consist of a triclinium, dining room, rotunda, Hall of Caracalla, and sarcophagi. The entrance is from the southeast side near the staircase at a 40° angle. The Catacombs' size is 25 metres by 50 metres. It is thought the site was an earlier burial ground where visitors brought clay pots of food for themselves, leaving the pots as they departed. Hence, this is where the name derived from. Analysis The tomb...
Menhir de Champ-Dolent The Menhir de Champ-Dolent is located in Brittany, France. It is an upright stone in the same area as La Roche Longue in Quintin. This menhir may have been built around 4700 BC, but its location was different. Coordinates 48.535301,-1.739326 2 48.398200,-2.907586 current 35.434621,-2.962609 1 48.535301,-1.739328 org 35.898000,-5.373616 Description The menhir is measured as 9.4 metres or 30.84 feet tall. The elevation is 34 metres or 111.5 feet. The stone is shaped so as to achieve a point or a defined height. Analysis It is possible that Menhir de Champ-Dolent is connected to La Roche Longue in Quintin, which has its own second, smaller stone. These two stones as a pair may represent two outcroppings of land in North Africa, one larger and one smaller. However, as La Roche Longue in Quintin used feet and metres, it is possible that all stones have been moved to represent these outcroppings, and the original stones may not have been in...