Pompey’s Pillar | The Only Surviving Whole Ancient Monument in Alexandria | Egypt Travel Vlog |30N19
Channel: A Dawn
Date: 2021-03-18

Pompey’s Pillar & The Temple of Serapeum | Road Trip from Cairo to Alexandria 

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Pompey's Pillar is a massive 30m column made from red Aswan granite and 2.7m at its base was originally part of the Temple of Serapeum, dedicated to Serapis. 

Built in 297 AD, Pompey’s Pillar to celebrate the victory of Roman emperor Diocletian and to support a statue of the emperor. 

Underneath the column lies the ruins of the temple of Serapis, the hybrid Greek and Egyptian god of Alexandria, although badly damaged. 

Pompey’s Pillar on top is the only ancient monument surviving whole and standing in Alexandria today. 

You will also see two other surviving Roman copies of the Sphinx, but much smaller than the Great Sphinx at Giza. 

Both Sphinxes, showing the body of a lion and the head of a man, are made from pink granite and of an earlier date than the pillar.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Roadside Alexandria
0:40 Pompey’s Pillar 
1:20  Roman copies of the Sphinx
1:31 Temple of Serapeum

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