An exhibit showcasing some of the most important findings from the salvage excavation in the Delta of Faliron Bay, south of Athens, opened at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus this weekend, ANA reports.
The salvage excavation on the site where the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center was to be built, which ran between 2012 and 2016, unveiled an extensive cemetery of 1,500 ancient Greek skeletons dating between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. It also revealed an extraordinary mass grave of 80 skeletons, 36 of which were in shackles.
“Falirothen (Coming from Faliron): Between two worlds” was inaugurated by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni on Friday, in the presence of Piraeus Mayor Yiannis Moralis.
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