Excavations at the site of Amheida and Marina El Alamein have identified a funerary church, dated to the 4th century CE. The funerary church at Amheida excavated by the University of Columbia in Area 2.3 in the 2012 season was built of mud brick and wood. This basilica comprising a large central nave and narrower side aisles. the unexpected discovery of burials and a subterranean crypt distinguishes this church as unique. Excavations to date have revealed eight burials, five within the church complex, and three in the crypt. Among the limited finds discovered in the funerary church were botanical remains, fish bones and traces of other substances.
The funerary church at Marina, discovered in 1987 by the Polish Center for Mediterranean Antiquities in cooperation with the American Center in Egypt. A funerary church situated on the southeastern fringes of the town. This basilica was built of limestone and comprising a large central nave and narrower side aisles and dates back to the late fourth century AD. The apse at the eastern end contained two irregular rooms. A small cemetery of child graves with the skeletons placed in amphorae was found to the northwest of the church.