THE ROMAN THEATRE (ODEUM) IN ALEXANDRIA

Roman Odeum at Kom el-DikkaIn a park in the centre of Alexandria is a Roman amphitheatre, the only example of this type of monument extant in Egypt. The small Odeum, dating originally from the 2nd century AD, was a roofed semi-circular theatre used for music and poetry performed on a stage paved with mosaic tiles and contained seating for more than six hundred people in thirteen tiers of white marble.

I stood... wide eyed & momentarily speechless

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