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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
gravesoftheLowerNecropolisdatedtothe
8th-9thcenturiesAD,andwerefoundto
havegravesoftheMiddleNecropolis(9th-
10thcenturiesAD)superimposedonthem.
About40moftheoriginallevelofthe
porticohasbeenexposedbynow.Two
extantsectionsofthepavementwerecleared
alongthestylobateandthebackwall.
AREAM
TheworkinAreaMwasconcentrated
immediatelynorthoftheTheatre,behind
thePorticobackwall.Anexistingtrench
wasenlargedtowardthenorthtouncover
thecourseandrelationtootherfeaturesof
apeculiardouble-walledstructurethatwas
firstexcavatedinthe1960s.Thetwo
walls,setsome1.90mapart,werebuiltin
identicalpillartechnique,thespace
betweenthepillarsfilledwithadouble-
facedcurtainwall(0.55-0.60mthick)
madeofsmallirregularstonessetinan
ashymortar.Thewallswereadditionally
joinedwithrandomcrosswalls,there-
sultingeffectbeingacasemateofsorts.
Thetheoryhasalreadybeenadvancedthat
thestructurewasdesignedtoretainalarge
moundthathadformedbehindthe
TheatrebytheendofAntiquity.
Severalgravesofthemedievalcemetery
wereexploredinthisarea(Fig.5).Tombsof
theUpperNecropolis(nos.M350-M357)
wereclearedatc.12-12.50mabovesea
level.Theywerelargelydisturbedand
poorlypreserved,mostoftheaboveground
structuresdamaged,especiallyinthearea
adjoiningtheporticobackwall(possibly
duetolaterstonerobbing).
Findsfromthissectionofthecemetery
includedtheusualrangeofglazedpottery
Fig.5.AreaM.Moslemnecropolis,viewfromtheeast
(PhotoG.Majcherek)
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