Beautiful decoration
From the courtyard you get to the chambers that contained one or more burials. This tomb number 2, has a door flanked with two small pillars, it's said that each had a statue of sphinx on its top.
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
Beautiful decoration
From the courtyard you get to the chambers that contained one or more burials. This tomb number 2, has a door flanked with two small pillars, it's said that each had a statue of sphinx on its top.
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