Pompey's Pillar Alexandria

Our last day, the day we have all been dreading even at the very beginning. Our flight was scheduled for 10pm tonight so we had to check out at 7pm to leave for the Egypt International Airport in where Myself and Ashleigh would fly back to London so I could head off to London fashion week to take photos and Ashleigh would go to plan her world- …

The following day we ventured out once more for the last time, this time we headed back along the coastal road, and past the new "Library of Alexandria" and stopped off at the Roman Ampitheatre. Some of it was roped off unfortunately as they're doing a lot of restoration work to it. Still, we managed to get several photographs that give a rough …

... seafood, and for good reason. It was really fantastic.  The following day was all about sightseeing. We headed past Pompey's Pillar to the Catacombs of Kom Ash-Shuqqafa. To access the catacombs, you head down down a spiral staircase and ...

... we have seen in the rest of Egypt, it is obviously influenced by the greek style.  Then it was off to the Pompey's Pillar and the Temple of Serapeum.  There are couple different stories about the Pillar but our guide told us that the pillar ...

... the guide I got a large packet of chips and 4 Ho-Hos (chocolate bars) for 5LE - $NZ1.25. The next stop was Pompey's pillar which was actually built for Diocletian, 250years after Pompey's murder.  It was big, on a hill, but not as impressive as ...

... to explain completely and they didn't allow cameras inside so I just suggest you go to experience it yourself.  Pompey's Pillar felt simple after that because I have technically seen something like it before.  However, when you stopped to ...

... On the outside area, Cleopatra had pulled up statues from other part of Egypt as tombs had to have statues. Our next stop was Pompey's pillar, which actually has nothing at all to do with Pompey.  Here, the ancients pulled up stone from the south to ...

... cars...   Yesterday, we toured Alexandria for 9 hours via tourbus. We saw ancient Egyptian catacombs, Pompey's Pillar, a Roman Ampitheatre, the Alexandria National Museum, the "Muteza" Gardens and Palace, the Citadel, and finally the Library. In ...

... is a wonderful day trip from Cairo. Sites: Lighthouse at Montazah, Montazah Palace and Montazah Palace Hotel, Pompey's Pillar, Fort Qaitbey, the catacombs, Roman Amphitheatre, and the Bibliotheca. Lunch: Shwarma--a fast growing favourite. ...

... . There were a few interesting pieces there including a lot of stuff that was discovered underwater in the old areas of Alexandria. Pompey's Pillar was next on the list. It is basically a really tall column that stands atop some old ruins of a temple. ...

In the early afternoon, after having recovered from the last days, we saw Pompey's pillar, where the earliest place of the library was. Since all the other sights were closed due to restauration, we went to have lunch in a place called Balbaa and ...

... pretty much just a few building foundations covering a small area, however there is one 30 metre high pillar remaining known as Pompey's Pillar which looks quite out of place. Being a bit over pillars at this stage I took a few photos and moved on. ...