Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archaeologists excavating in the west Nile Delta have discovered a necropolis and industrial complex dating from the Roman Period. Thought to date from around the 5 th century B.C.E, the two complexes give insight on the manufacturing and burial practices of the time. century B.C.E, the two complexes give insight on the manufacturing and burial practices of the time. Human remains from the burials are now being analyzed to see how people of that era lived in the region. While the Nile Delta was more fertile thousands of years ago, Roman Egypt was still arid enough for both human remains and an entire trove of artifacts to survive.