Slips · Amphitheater
Roman amphitheater slip
Kom el-Dikka hides a white marble Roman amphitheater beneath Alexandria apartment blocks — tiers for seven hundred spectators where lecture hall and odeum overlapped in second-century Mediterranean urbanism.
Site museum wraps mosaics and villa remains — domestic Alexandria alongside public stone. Elevated walkways frame arena oval; imagine poetry readings more than gladiators here.
Urban palimpsest
Modern laundry lines visible beyond ruin wall — Alexandria refuses pure archaeology. Slip 04 is small scale intimacy after Bibliotheca granite disc grandeur.
Walk from train station area — combine with Pompey's Pillar if open schedule allows.
Coast day
Roman slip anchors Alexandria inland before Qaitbay sea fort — same civilization, different humidity and stone color.