The story
A city of the dead west of ancient Alexandria, which came to light under the footings of a flyover.
- 1Rescue excavations from 1997 to 2000
- 2Under and beside the Qabbari flyover
Arabic Wikipedia, citing the Centre d’Études Alexandrines and Youm7 (2016), says the cemetery was found by chance in June 1997 while the Qabbari flyover was being built in western Alexandria, and that a team of archaeologists from the Centre d’Études Alexandrines led by Jean-Yves Empereur explored the site from 1997 to 2000.
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The digs were rescue excavations under and beside the flyover, and much of the site now lies under the road. It is not open to visitors, so it appears here as one of the district’s stories, as a line drawing, since we know of no free photograph of it.
