Extensive necropolises have been found in the low hills some 3mi/5km northeast of Akhmim. They are reached by way of the village of El-Hawawish (2.5mi/4km), just beyond which, in a hill, are many ancient tombs, now totally destroyed.

The tombs farther to the north are older, dating from the Roman, Ptolemaic and Egyptian periods. Higher up in
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