Image credits: Archeology and art Archaeology is more than just digging into the dirt, it's a way of understanding how people lived long before us. By studying what they left behind, we learn not ...

Recent excavations in the Kerameikos region, the main graveyard of ancient Athens, have unveiled 30 lead curse tablets dating back over 2,500 years. The tablets were found inside a 38-foot well along ...

Based on a recent discovery at the excavation site of Kerameikos, where the main graveyard of ancient Athens once stood, the Greeks inscribed lead tablets with curses meant to target their enemies ...

In one of our most popular tours of Athens, we explore the Ancient Agora of Athens, Kerameikos, and other sites in Plaka and Monastiraki, looking at the social, political, and economic underpinnings ...

The Ministry of Culture, through the competent Ephorate of Antiquities of Athens, is enhancing the accessibility of the archaeological sites of the Ancient Agora of Athens and Kerameikos.

The National Museum is at 44 Patission Street. 11- Kerameikos Cemetery Kerameikos, located northwest of the Acropolis, is Athens’ most significant ancient cemetery and a key archaeological site. Used ...

An inscription honoring the ancient wrestler Kaikilianos has been found in the ancient Turkish port city of Anemurium. Anemurium is a 600 acres-wide archaeological district, close to the modern ...

After a typical Greek lunch nearby, you will explore the Kerameikos, Ancient Athens' oldest cemetery. Often overlooked by the crowds, this site is arguably one of the most important archaeological ...

The current fire protection network in Kerameikos consists of three fully equipped firefighting stations: one north of the museum, one along the fence on Piraeus Street, and one near the Holy Road ...

These lesser-known sites offer a unique glimpse into Athens' past, away from the crowds. Kerameikos, an ancient cemetery located at the edge of Athens, offers a serene and poignant look into ...

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Source: Wikimedia commons, public domain. Zeno (b. 334 BCE), the founder of Stoicism, hailed from Citium (modern-day Larnaca) in Cyprus, and may have been of Phoenician origin. As a young man ...