Anfushi Tombs in Alexandria, Egypt | Egyptian Tombs
History of Egyptian Tombs and Facts of Ancient Egyptian Civilization to Build the Most Important Tombs of the Greek Era, the Greek-Roman era, How Much is the Entry Ticket, Official Working Hours, and More about Ancient Egypt History.
The Anfoushi archaeological cemetery is located in Alexandria, or the archaeological cemetery for discovering the history of the Pharaonic civilization. It is one of the most important of those new Greek monuments found inside the city of Alexandria and the most famous Egypt Archaeological Sites so far..
Anfushi Tombs Facts
The history of these so-called Anfushi archaeological tombs dates back to the third century BC (around 250 BC) with the presence of the late Ptolemaic Kingdom era and also in the early Roman era..
The history of the construction of the most important ancient Pharaonic tombs. Information about the Anfushi tomb, which dates back to the Ptolemaic era, and what are the visiting hours and the price of the entrance ticket to the archaeological tombs in Alexandria.
The tomb was discovered in 1901 AD, then 3 tombs were discovered in 1921 AD, but they are in very poor condition and date back to the third century AD, the Ptolemaic era. The tomb is located near the entrance to the Ras El Tin Palace..
You will find drawings and engravings on the wall in rooms 1 and 4, which contain a vault. In the fourth tomb, you will find a special room for the funeral banquet and Food in ancient Egypt, while the first and second rooms are square and rectangular in black and white, as in the rituals of the Ancient Egyptian religion.
In the middle of the fifth room you will find a column containing 3 crowns in addition to drawings of the son of Awi and drawings on the wall directly after the stairs of the God Osiris and drawings of the God Isis, the most famous ancient Egyptian deities – Ancient Egyptian gods and Goddesses sitting on the throne and around her a special representation of An Awi to discover the extent of the development of the art of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt and the arts of Architecture in ancient Egypt.
The tombs are characterised by the quality of the fresco decorations and the fusion of the Pharaonic civilisation with the Greek and Roman religious cultures..
Anfoushi Cemetery Hours – Anfoushi Cemetery Visiting Hours
Visiting hours start from 8 am to 5 pm
How to discover that cemetery
These tombs were discovered in 1901 AD, when two funerary buildings were discovered in them, each containing two tombs..
Then, these archaeological discoveries of the Anfoushi cemetery continued until it became home to a number of funerary buildings, five so far..
There is also a funeral building, but it is the sixth and has disappeared and there is no trace of it now..
These tombs are characterised by beautiful fresco decorations which are still in good condition..
Many of them were decorated with marble and alabaster..
The Anfoushi Cemetery also includes five other funerary buildings (tombs), but two of them were considered the most important of these tombs in the city of Alexandria. The two tombs are also distinguished by the presence of a number of beautiful inscriptions in them and are distinguished by their wonderful and unique architectural design..
First Funerary Building
When you first enter these tombs, and directly to the left of them, you will find that this building has two tombs, between which there is a large hall, which can be easily reached via a wonderful decorated staircase..
First of all, the first cemetery of them
It contains a number of wide seats or seats carved in a specific way in the rock, which makes it slightly elevated above the ground.
There is another chamber designated for burial, which is low and contains the Pharaonic granite Ancient Egyptian Coffins (the most famous of the Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy) and the door leading from it to the burial chamber, where its architecture belongs to that Pharaonic style..
The second cemetery
It has two rooms, the first of which is rectangular in shape and its decoration appears in the form of marble, which is of the Roman style..
The first room was divided into two small rooms, and these rooms were decorated in a coordinated manner, like the decoration of the first room in the first tomb, which is considered an imitation of that with veined marble..
There is an opening in that hall, which is the funerary building that eventually leads to a water cistern..
The second funerary building in the Anfoushi cemetery
The visitor can reach it directly through a staircase leading to a large courtyard onto which two tombs open, but each has two completely separate rooms…
The sides of the wall were painted with fresco, in the form of long strips, and decorated in a specific way similar to that of veined marble..
There are also a number of Pharaonic drawings that are decorated in a coordinated manner on some walls..
The third funerary building in the Anfoushi cemetery
Much or most of the parts of that ancient building have disappeared and its stones have actually been used to construct a number of other buildings…
Then all of that disappeared because there were a number of upper parts in the rooms..
The design of this building was different from other designs due to the presence of a small corridor in the space that opened directly onto the stairs..
There were also three chambers dug in an orderly fashion underground instead of the two chambers that are usually found in any tomb..
In the first and second rooms of that tomb, a number of niches had been carved regarding how to bury the dead..
The fourth funerary building
This building is still in poor condition until now. In the past, it had a staircase leading to a large courtyard with a single tomb open onto it..
Its first chamber had a group of remains belonging to three large mastabas, which indicates that it was a chamber or funerary table that was previously carved into the rock..
To the right of that room was a large hole that was a water tank..
But the second tomb was a rectangular chamber, somewhat wide, and had traces of a rock-built mastaba..
The fifth funerary building
In fact, this fifth building is considered one of the richest of these tombs and this magnificent archaeological cemetery, in terms of decorations and even drawings..
Because the tomb is also carved into the rock, it consists of a staircase and a courtyard, some of which is open and opens onto four small rooms..
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Anfoushi Tombs for Egyptians?
Anfoushi Cemetery visit fees for adults: 10.
The entrance fee for Egyptian students is only 5 pounds..
What is the price of a ticket to visit the Anfoushi Tombs for foreigners?
The fee to visit the Anfoushi Cemetery for foreigners is 40 Egyptian pounds..
If the student is a foreigner, the entrance fee is only 20 pounds
Note: Facts and secrets of the history will be added soon…
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