Asyut - View from the Tomb

The view from the Rock Tombs is very fine. To the left, lower down, is the Arab cemetery; in the fertile plain is the widely spreading town with its minarets and palms and the lbharimiya Canal with its busy boat traffic; and in the distance can be seen the edge of the desert. A still more extensive and more attractive view can be enjoyed from the tombs higher up the hill. Here can be seen three adjoining tombs (the most northerly of which is ruined) dating from the Heracleopolitan period (ninth and 10th Dynasties) of the Middle Kingdom.