Tuna El-Gabal is a village and archeological site near the city of Mallawi , in
El
Menia
Governorate
in Upper Egypt . It was the necropolis of Khmun (or Hermopolis Magna) for several centuries , from the
Middle Kingdom
till the Greco- Roman Period .
Six stelae indicating the boundary between Hermopolis and
Akhetaten
are the oldest monuments found in the site . In the stelae , Akhenaton and his family are depicted making offerings to Aten . From the Greco-Roman Era , there are some catacombs as well as the Tombs of Petosiris and Isidora .
Fraser Tombs:
Two kilometers south of Tuna El-Gabal , lies another cemetery with the name 'Fraser Tombs' housing rock-cut tombs that date back to the Fourth and the Fifth Dynasties of the
Old Kingdom
. Here , the high officials of the ancient town of Mer-Nefer were buried . The tombs are gracefully decorated with statues of both the deceased and his family .
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