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The Punic Necropolis of Mahdia
Article by Njim Adel

The Punic Necropolis of Mahdia

The Punic funerary remains of Mahdia, a series of tombs carved into the rock, date back to a period between the 5th and the 2nd century BCE and are located in the northeast of Tunisia. These tombs are useful for us to understand the acculturation...
Myra  - Ocean Necropolis
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Myra - Ocean Necropolis

Myra is an ancient town in Lycia. The city has two necropoli of Lycian rock-cut tombs in the form of temple fronts carved into the vertical faces of cliffs at Myra: the river necropolis and the ocean necropolis. The ocean necropolis is...
Roadway, Northern Necropolis of Hierapolis
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Roadway, Northern Necropolis of Hierapolis

The northern necropolis of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern-day Pamukkale, Turkey) with many different types of tombs. This extensive necropolis of about 1,200 tombs extends for over two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the northern to the eastern...
Northern Necropolis of Hierapolis, Phrygia
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Northern Necropolis of Hierapolis, Phrygia

The northern necropolis of Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern-day Pamukkale, Turkey) with many different types of tombs. This extensive necropolis of about 1,200 tombs extends for over two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the northern to the eastern...
Demotic Ostracon Recording Payment of Necropolis Tax
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Demotic Ostracon Recording Payment of Necropolis Tax

This is a receipt for the "Tax of the Overseer of the Necropolis". Ancient Egyptian cemeteries possessed their own administration, the cost of which were defrayed by the payment of specific taxes. Most of the evidence for these were preserved...
Saqqara Necropolis Reconstruction
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Saqqara Necropolis Reconstruction

3D model render of the Saqqara necropolis looking north. The pyramids of Unas (r. c. 2345–2315 BCE) (left) and Djoser (c. 2670 BCE) (middle) are in the foreground. Render by Savannah Dawson. Reprinted from Constructing the Sacred: Visibility...
Jabal al-Ahmar Necropolis in Hegra
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Jabal al-Ahmar Necropolis in Hegra

The Jabal al-Ahmar Necropolis in Hegra (Mada'in Salih) in modern-day Saudi Arabia is one of the four necropolis areas to have survived. It contains 18 tombs, some of which were recently uncovered. The remains of a 2,000-year-old Nabatean...
Qasr al-Bint Necropolis in Hegra
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Qasr al-Bint Necropolis in Hegra

The Qasr al-Bint necropolis in Hegra (Mada'in Salih) in modern-day Saudi Arabia is one of the four necropolis areas to have survived. Qasr al-Bint consists of 31 Nabatean tombs dating from 1 to 58 CE. The tombs include fine inscriptions concerning...
Orthi Petra Necropolis at Eleutherna, Crete
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Orthi Petra Necropolis at Eleutherna, Crete

View of the Orthi Petra necropolis located on the west slope of Prines hill in the ancient city of Eleutherna in Crete. The cemetery was used from the late Protogeometric period until the early Archaic period (870/850 - 600 BCE). A variety...
Punic Necropolis, Mahdia
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Punic Necropolis, Mahdia

Punic necropolis at Mahdia, Tunisia, 5th-2nd century BCE.
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