Fatimid cemetery

The Aswa cemetery is oe of the oldest cemeteries i the Islamic world. It is made up of two palaces, oe i the orth ad the other i the south. The Aswa climate affected the remais of this cemetery. Which is the most used material i that period, sice the ecoomic situatio of the state ad the people there did ot allow them to use the stoe ad decorate it as it was i the days of the Pharaohs. The tombs, which remaied coheret eve before the year 1930, which umber (80) cemeteries scattered i the two mai gabbaes, is located i the Tribal Tribal Graves from o. 1 to o. 31 i additio to tombs without umbers, ad is located i the sea cemetery tombs from o. 33 to Tomb o. 55 i additio to To tombs ot bearig umbers I the middle of this cetury, the had of recostructio ad expasio of the city ad the opeig of the streets to the demolitio of may of them ad left oly scattered models ad the history of this cemetery exteds from the eighth cetury AH (2 AH / 13 AD) to the seveth cetury AH / 13). Buildig System These tombs were built o the system of carrier walls, like other Islamic moumets i moolithic forms The buildig material prevailig i these tombs was brick bricks, except for some parts of these tombs, such as cotracts, domes ad domes. They were built of bricks. Stoe strips were also foud i some tombs such as tombs umber 13 i the easter group of the tribal cemetery, Of the same group, as well as Tomb o. 10 of the same group, ad appeared plaster plasterig i some of these graves, such as Tomb o. 12 i the easter group of the tribal cemetery ad cemetery umber 31 of the same group, ad cemetery o. 5 of the wester group of the tribal cemetery. Although the Upper Upper Regio cotais may quarries of fie sadstoe, it was ot used i the Islamic era i this area except for tombstoes oly, perhaps due to the ecoomic situatio of the people of this regio.