Anfushi Tombs
Anfushi Tombs
2.5
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prasange
Matara, Sri Lanka18 contributions
Jan 2013 • Friends
less facilities to get this experience and blocked many places. it is a disaster because not maintain very well. painting were not good which we sow.
Written March 23, 2013
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World Prof
Buffalo Grove, IL187 contributions
Feb 2023
You'll need a little imagination, but historians and archaeology buffs will find it interesting. Tomb #2 is the best - see it first
Written February 26, 2023
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Feras Alswairky
Alexandria, Egypt146 contributions
Feb 2011
We were not able to park anywhere there and the way to go to it is very difficult and the street outside it is very busy!!!
Written January 13, 2012
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Valeria May
Frankfurt, Germany45 contributions
Nov 2017 • Friends
We were there in Nov 2017. The wall paintings are faded out, you cannot see anything actually. My travel guide book told there were two Sphinxes at the entry, but there was nothing. I asked for the Sphinxes at the entry when we left, and the woman told me they are not there anymore. Third tomb was full of water, we couldn't enter. There were no people except my husband and me. I am shocked of the condition of this spot.
Written November 26, 2017
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Theodora Khalil -Δώρα
Athens, Greece639 contributions
May 2018 • Business
Does it worth the visit? ABSOLUTELY!!
Nevertheless, you need to stretch your imagination and understand that an open archaeological site is not meant to be as fancy as a musuem.
The tombs are five in number, however I & II are the most important. They belong to the first half of the 3rd century BC. Imagine getting a glimpse of the glam of these days. The tombs are a perfect example of the mélange between Greek and Egyptian decorative motifs during the early Hellenistic era.
The tombs are famous between archaeologists for being cut in the rock, havig rich colourful ceilings and walls, and for their incrustation style (faux-marble); which is a pure Hellenistic invention. It stands for the treatment of plaques to imitate marble wherever it's a rare material, the case in Alexandria and Cyprus. Moreover, tomb II is famous for its colourful scenes of the purification of the deceased.
The site is rich and it gives a vivid space to stretch imagination and visualise how rich and special these early tombs could have looked back on their day.
Saint Genis who accompanied Napoleon to Egypt (there is a square named after him in Alexandria) described a Necropolis in the western part of the Pharos island with rock-cut catacombs consisting of numerous interconnected chambers with plastered and painted walls and ceilings,then partly filled with sand, which must have been either Anfoushi or Ras El-Tin (In the gardens of the palace of Ras El-Tin and is not opened to the public).
I totally recommend for those who are into getting exposed to a different kind of excursions. May be joining a local guide can lend more hand.
Nevertheless, you need to stretch your imagination and understand that an open archaeological site is not meant to be as fancy as a musuem.
The tombs are five in number, however I & II are the most important. They belong to the first half of the 3rd century BC. Imagine getting a glimpse of the glam of these days. The tombs are a perfect example of the mélange between Greek and Egyptian decorative motifs during the early Hellenistic era.
The tombs are famous between archaeologists for being cut in the rock, havig rich colourful ceilings and walls, and for their incrustation style (faux-marble); which is a pure Hellenistic invention. It stands for the treatment of plaques to imitate marble wherever it's a rare material, the case in Alexandria and Cyprus. Moreover, tomb II is famous for its colourful scenes of the purification of the deceased.
The site is rich and it gives a vivid space to stretch imagination and visualise how rich and special these early tombs could have looked back on their day.
Saint Genis who accompanied Napoleon to Egypt (there is a square named after him in Alexandria) described a Necropolis in the western part of the Pharos island with rock-cut catacombs consisting of numerous interconnected chambers with plastered and painted walls and ceilings,then partly filled with sand, which must have been either Anfoushi or Ras El-Tin (In the gardens of the palace of Ras El-Tin and is not opened to the public).
I totally recommend for those who are into getting exposed to a different kind of excursions. May be joining a local guide can lend more hand.
Written June 29, 2018
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KMLondon22
London, UK232 contributions
Jan 2012 • Solo
A complete waste of time. Most tombs were locked, I presume because of flooding from heavy rain. The paintings in those that were open were not very good. Poorly maintained and more like the corporation rubbish tip than an archaeological site. Not even any attendants asking for baksheesh, which probably shows how ordinary the site is by country standards.
Written January 24, 2012
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NadiaAbuElDahab
Cairo, Egypt58 contributions
Apr 2015 • Family
We asked the locals around where it was, no one had even heard of it, little did we know we were right outside it. We went in and an awful welcome by a woman who did not believe we were Egyptians, none the less herself and another man continuously said no photos despite this site having nothing to offer the place was outdated and totally uncared for.
Written May 9, 2015
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Vale la pena visitare queste Catacombe?
Written January 12, 2015
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