Multi-colored patterns

The plan of the tombs is an open courtyard surrounded by chambers that contained one or more burials.

These limestone tombs, are painted to simulate alabaster and marble.

They are decorated with multi-colored geometric patterns and fine fresco ornaments.

The tombs at Anfushi, date back to the third century BC, about 250 BC, with the late Ptolemaic and early Roman eras.

 

Alexandria, Anfushi tomb number 2

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