This neighborhood is one of the historical areas in Alexandria; specifically, one that currently follows the central district of Alexandria.

This area rises about eight to ten meters above sea level, located midway between the archaeological tourist areas and the commercial hubs in the city center. It is an artificial hill formed from the rubble of buildings that were demolished. Subsequently, layers accumulated on top of each other, making this ancient or influential neighborhood the focal point of the archaeological area in Alexandria.

Even today, it is still filled with excavations and luxurious archaeological pieces; one of them might be the tomb of Alexander the Great himself.

The area was used as a cemetery in the Greek, Roman, and Mamluk eras.

This area was formerly known as the Acropolis region; meaning it is a high place in the city where temples and ancient religious buildings were established, following the example of Greece and the Greeks, who had the Acropolis.

This name, or the naming of this area as Kom El-Dikka, dates back to the 19th century when the historian Al-Nuwayri or the Alexandrian historian passed by and saw this precious or elevated mound of soil, which somewhat resembled a "Dikka" (platform or bench).

This was the result of excavation work that occurred in the Mahmoudiyah Canal during the era of Sultan Muhammad Ali, where this large mound of soil consisted of a group of compacted soil mounds.

A widespread legend among the old residents of Alexandria, incredibly strange and fascinating about the construction of the Kom El-Dikka neighborhood, is one of the most important and famous neighborhoods in Alexandria.

The legend says that Alexander the Great, the ruler of Egypt at the time, sat on a mound of a couch "or Dikka in colloquial" made of gold and at the same time inlaid with diamonds, rubies, and a collection of precious jewels.

When Alexander the Great decided to undertake one of his major military campaigns and leave the country, he feared that his special couch would be stolen.

So, he brought one of the engineers and then commissioned him to build a room underground and placed the contents of the couch inside. He then killed this engineer, who knew the secret, so no one else would know the location of the couch.

He also ordered the entire place to be filled without placing any signs indicating the location of the precious and valuable buried couch contents.

Alexander the Great never returned to Alexandria; he died in that invasion, which was his last major invasion, and the location of that couch remains unknown to this day, but it became famous at that time as "Kom El-Dikka."

The area known as Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria is rich with many of the most important precious monuments in ancient Alexandria.

One of the most important is the Roman Theater; it is one of the significant and essential monuments in the Roman era that was indeed established at the beginning of the fourth century AD.

It is almost the only Roman theater found in Egypt. This building was discovered by pure chance, during the process of soil removal to search for the tomb of Alexander the Great, by the Polish mission that occurred in 1960.

The archaeologists at the time named it the Roman Theater when a number of marble steps were discovered.

There was a significant debate about the function of this archaeological building; the excavation of the building took almost 30 years.

Among the antiquities in ancient Alexandria, the Villa of the Birds is the only open-air museum located in a mosaic in Egypt. This villa dates back to the first century AD, specifically, or approximately, in the era of Emperor Hadrian from 117-138 AD.

This house or villa remained in use until the end of the Byzantine era, from 450 AD to 550 AD.