Temple or sanctuary
Serapeum of Alexandria
Serapeum of Alexandria: temple or sanctuary of the ancient world (Alexandria, Egypt).
Temple or sanctuaryKind
Hellenistic periodFirst recorded · 330 BC – 30 BC
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
AlexandriaNearest town · 2.8 km
On the map
Position: 31.1819, 29.8969
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
The Serapeum in Alexandria was a temple to Serapis erected by Ptolemy III in the third century B.C. It was destroyed in A.D. 391.
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0.1 kmCatacombs of Kom el ShoqafaTomb or cemetery · Hellenistic period – Roman period
0.5 kmOdeon at Kom el-DikkaTheatre or arena · Late Antiquity
1.6 kmKom el-DikkaAqueduct or baths · Roman period – Late Antiquity
1.6 kmCaesareum of AlexandriaTemple or sanctuary · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
2 kmAlexandriaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
2.5 kmPharosBridge, station or port · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
3.7 kmChatby NecropolisTomb or cemetery · Hellenistic period
3.8 kmIuliopolis / NikopolisSettlement · Roman period
7.6 kmThe same kind in the region
Temples and sanctuaries