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Toumba, Thessaloniki, 2000 : excavations in the ancient cemetery

• Σουέρεφ, Κώστας

The excavations carried out by the 16th Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in 2000 yielded data relating to the burial customs of the inhabitants of the settlement on the table-like plateaux on the low hill in Toumba, mainly with regard to the 6th century and partially to the 5th century BC.The excavations may be summed up in 3 points.i. The graves at 45, Neapoleos St. (SE of the PAOK football ground) in Kato Toumba, which include the pit-graves of the 6th century BC known from earlier years.ii. The graves at the junction of Sfaktirias, Avdiron, and Lesvou Streets directly to the E of the ancient settlement in Ano Toumba, where the pit-graves date to the 6th and 5th centuries BC.iii. Block 3 of the Municipality of Triandria (bounded by Amorgou, Filikis Etairias, and Dagli Streets), which for the first time yielded part of the cemetery, W of the stream which demarcates the ancient settlement at Toumba, with finds connected with the tombs of the local aristocracy of the Archaic period.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

Θεσσαλονίκη, νεκροταφεία

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