Extensive investigation in the area around tombs
41 and 42 has shown the complex situation before the building of
the two tombs. On account of the obvious fast silting up of
this part of the necropolis many graves had been built on top
of each other
in the previous periods. Not much can be said with certainty about
the exact
position of the various graves. We know however that tomb 42 in
the north-east corner is supported by an older tomb "a cassone", today
known as tomb 42bis.
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