Aswan, Egypt
Cemetery in Aswan, Egypt
On the road to the Aswan Dam, beside the Nubia Museum, the southern Fatimid cemetery spreads across sandy hills: a field of mud-brick and stone domes, the oldest from the 10th century. It is one of two Fatimid-era cemeteries in Aswan, the other being the northern cemetery in the El-Anani area. The domes have a distinctive shape, with ribs on the outer face that locals call horns, a style rarely seen elsewhere in such numbers. Some tombs belong to scholars and revered figures, others to Aswan families, and together they show Aswan as a thriving medieval town on the trade and pilgrimage routes to the Red Sea. Six tombs were restored and opened in December 2014 with German support. Few visitors come, which makes it a natural extension of a visit to the Nubia Museum.
It is a cemetery, so visit quietly in modest clothes and do not enter closed tombs or climb on graves. Half an hour is enough. The domes look best in late-afternoon light. Start at the Nubia Museum and walk over, and ask at the entrance about opening times.
Hours and prices change — check before you go. Source: ar.wikipedia.org
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