Absur is located west of Alexandria on the road to Mersa Matruh.  The village has some ancient 

building from the time of the Ptolemaic rule.  These include the Taposiris Magna, dedicated to 

Osiris, but all that remains is the outer walls and pylons.  Apparently animals were worshipped at 

the temple, as there is an animal necropolis nearby.  Inside the walls of the temple are the remains 

of a Christian church. Near the church, one also finds the remains of some public baths, a seawall, 

quays and a bridge reported to have been built by Justinian.  There are also the remains of the Burg 

el-Arab, known as the Arab Tower to the North.  Though now ruined, it has a square base 

surmounted by an Octagonal structure and then a round story.  Built by Ptolemy II Phiadelphus, the 

tower was said to be a duplicate of the famous Pharos Lighthouse.