Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (14.2002(2003))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

NECROPOLIS

TOMB 29
The presence of a tomb-hypogeum was not-
ed last year in the course of leveling works
at the planned location of the new museum
building.2) It was situated in the southern
part of the necropolis, parallel to Tomb 19,
about 12 m to the west of it (Fig. 1).
The tomb was relatively well preserved
except for the entrance kiosk and the
curtain wall aboveground (Fig. 2). The
tomb must have been plundered in the

past, perhaps already in Antiquity, but
quite possibly in more recent times, if
a rusty iron nail, which appears to be of
modern manufacture, uncovered on floor
level in the southeastern corner of the
funerary chamber is to be taken as
testimony.
The tomb is of simple type. A small
entrance kiosk (L. 2.40; W. 2.20 m) now
almost completely destroyed led to the
hypogeum down a staircase (L. 11.90 m;


Fig. 2. Tomb 29. Plan, section, views
(Drawing A. Blaszczyk)

2) Supervised by Mr. Abd el Latif el Wakil. The tomb was located through a small hole that appeared in the ceiling of
the funerary chamber in the course of bulldozing work. Photographs of the interior were taken with a digital camera by
Dr. Andrzej B. Biernacki of the Polish-Egyptian Preservation Mission to Marina el-Alamein. A new site, further north, close
to the lagoon, was eventually approved by the SCA for the location of the museum.

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