The Anfushi Necropolis is located near the Eastern Harbour, in the Ras El Tin area. Here are five Greek stone tombs that date back to around 250 BC. Constructed of alabaster and marble, these sarcophagi were only discovered in 1901 in several burial structures.
The necropolis building was decorated with figures of Egyptian gods (Osiris, Anubis, Horus, Isis), colourful geometric patterns and frescoes. The attraction is an open courtyard surrounded by rooms in which one or more graves were placed. The first two burial chambers contain granite sarcophagi corresponding to the Pharaonic period. From these rooms there are exits to a pond and a staircase across the courtyard to the next burial chamber. The walls of the two tombs are elegantly decorated with strips of frescoes and carvings. Scenes of the pharaohs' afterlife are juxtaposed with Roman military sailing ships. One of the halls has a door framed by two small columns with statues of sphinxes at the top of each.
Much of the third funerary structure was once flooded and its stone blocks were used in the construction of other buildings. The water having gone, the structural differences between this room and the others became visible - it contains three niches dug into the ground and a series of empty burial chambers. The fourth room is dilapidated, with a water tank on its right. The fifth tomb is the largest, richly decorated with a stone sarcophagus, a staircase and an open courtyard.
