DescriptionLecture Halls at Kom el Dikka (III).jpg
English: Kom el-Dikka, which literally means a “pile of rubble,” was a slum until 1959 when a team of Poles excavated the site in search of the tomb of Alexander the Great. With 800 marble seats, graffiti of chariot team supporters, and two forecourts with mosaic flooring, the discovery was not a disappointment.
العربية: حتى عام 1959، كانت كوم الدكة حي فقير، الى أن وصل اليها فريق بولندي للتنقيب في الموقع بحثًا عن مقبرة الإسكندر الأكبر.
ولم يخب أمل المنقِبين عندما تم اكتشاف 800 مقعد رخامي ونقوش تصوِّر مشجعين لسباقات المركبات الحربية وساحات ذات أرضية مطرزة بالفسيفساء.
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Iris Fernandez
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Iris Fernandez
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AWIB-ISAW: Lecture Halls at Kom el Dikka (III)
One of the lecture halls directly adjacent to the amphitheater. Primarily constructed of stone they would have opened onto the busy portico. The taller stepped platform located at the apex of the horseshoe is where the teacher would have sat. The lower horseshoe shaped benches are where the students would have sat. by Iris Fernandez (2009)
copyright: 2009 Iris Fernandez (used with permission)
photographed place: (Kom el Dikka) [1]
Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [2].