The block of tombs is divided in two parts by a street running north-south.
The roofs of the tombs rise a couple of centimetres (!) above the modern ground level.
Some of the tombs have their entrances on the side of the street, others can only be reached
via neighbouring tombs. There is no evidence that the latter tombs originally were part
of the neighbouring tombs.

Many sarcophagi, paintings and inscriptions have been found. They are all stored in the depots. When the necropolis wasn't used anymore, the tombs changed into a place for garbage. Many fragments of pottery did not belong to the inventory of the tombs, but
were broken tableware and refuse from the nearby harbour.

In 2008, when this was written, the canal tombs could not be visited. The vegetation covered the site again and the tombs seemed to wait for better times.