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  • Painted tomb Del Gorgoneion which dates from around 400 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. It was discovered in 1960 and consists of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling, a central beam in relief, a bench along threes sides and an access dromos with steps. Depicted on the back wall frieze, although faded, is a Gorgon painted in black with a red tongue; at its sides is a frieze of palm leaves and alternated whirls. Underneath the frieze are two male figures greeting each other with waving hands. The interior of the tomb was decorated as a forest of little trees with birds upon them.
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  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The painted decoration is restricted to the central pillar and the right wall of the tomb (not in view). Depicted on the pillar is an imposing winged Charon with snake like hair grasping a hammer.
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  • Tomb of Cacciatore which dates from 510-500 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy. The tomb is a single chamber and is decorated in the form of a hunting pavilion made up of a frame of wooden poles covered by a tent with a chequerboard pattern on the ceiling.
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  • External view of the Painted tomb Dei Baccanti which dates from 510-500 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb which was discovered in 1874 has a short stepped corridor that leads to a small burial chamber with a gable roof. The back wall pediment depicts two groups of lions and deer’s struggling. The paintings on the side walls portray dancers, singers and musicians. The two figures on the back wall right side are thought to be the husband and wife who commissioned the tomb.
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  • Painted tomb of the Leopards (Leopardi) which dates from 470 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb is a single rectangular chamber with a double slope chequered multi-coloured painted ceiling. The On the back wall frieze, two leopards face each other on opposing sides of a small tree. The main painting on the back wall depicts a funerary banquet with three couples attended to by naked young servants. The side walls show dancers, musicians and other figures including servants.
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  • Church of San Giovanni Gerosolimitano in the city of Tarquinia, Italy. The church was built between the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 8th century. The church belonged to the order of the Knights of Malta who had their seat in Corneto for centuries. The facade is a mix of Romanic and Gothic elements.
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  • Painted tomb Dei Baccanti which dates from 510-500 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb which was discovered in 1874 has a short stepped corridor that leads to a small burial chamber with a gable roof. The back wall pediment depicts two groups of lions and deer’s struggling. The paintings on the side walls portray dancers, singers and musicians. The two figures on the back wall right side are thought to be the husband and wife who commissioned the tomb.
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  • View of a large circular tomb the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.
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  • View of a circular tomb on a crossroad at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy.
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  • Exterior of the colossal Tumulus II at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy. At 60 metres in diameter the colossal Tumulus II is one of the largest of the Necropolis. It encloses four tombs of various periods; they are the Tomb of the Hut, Tomb of the Doli and the Andirons, Tomb of the Greek Vases and the Tomb of the Beds and Sarcophagi.
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  • View of tombs on Via degli inferi (street of the Gods of the underworld) at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditacciaa Necropolis Italy. The street is over two kilometres long and is lined with various shaped ancient tombs, some dating back to the 7th century BC.
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  • Cube shaped tombs resembling lines of terrace houses at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  These tombs date from the 6th century BC and are found on two side streets of the ancient cemetery.
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  • Cube shaped tombs resembling lines of terrace houses at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  These tombs date from the 6th century BC and are found on two side streets of the ancient cemetery.
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  • Original 4th century marble bull of the tomb of Dionysios of Kollystos in the Kerameikos museum atrium. Athens. Greece. The impressive marble bull was removed and replaced with a copy from its location on the street of the tombs for preservation. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Large grave relief of a Hydriaphoros from 350 BC. Kerameikos Museum. Athens. Greece. Hydriaphoroi (women carrying hydriae) took part in religious processions. It was built into the enclosure wall of the Hekateion of Roman times.
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  • 6th century BC marble statue of a naked athletic youth (Kouros) at the Kerameikos museum. Athens. Greece. Found buried near the Sacred gate in 2002, the archaic era statue would have served as a votive offering or funerary sculpture and is largely intact. In complete form it would have stood 2.10 metres or six feet, six inches tall. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Grave statue of a young horseman. 520 BC. Kerameikos Museum. Athens. Greece. The horseman held a spear and wears a cloak originally adorned with painted decoration. Found in the Themistoclean wall.
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  • Sacred Way marble stele of Hermon, son of Athenokles (350 BC). Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • Street of the tombs 4th century BC grave plot of brothers Agathon and Sosikrates of Herakleia. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The burial mouments are of the brothers Agathon and Sosikrates of Herakleia. To the left is the Aedicula stele of Korallion, wife of Agathon, centre is the tall stele of Agathon and Sosikrates. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Roman statue base erected in front of a Hellenistic period outer gateway. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View inside one of the spacious tombs. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
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  • Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery. Benghazi. Libya.
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  • Benghazi. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the Commonwealth war graves cemetery at Benghazi. There 1,214 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the Cemetery. This includes graves of Australian, British, Greek, Indian, Jewish, Libyan, Norwegian, South African and Sudanese soldiers. The cemetery was built and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
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  • Luxor. Egypt. Africa. Tourists walking past the tombs of Ramses VI and the famous tomb of King Tutankhamun at the Valley of the Kings.
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  • Luxor. Egypt. Africa. Entrance to the tomb of Ramsses V and VII at the Valley of the Kings.
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  • Luxor. Egypt. Africa. Valley of Kings tombs of Ramses VI at the rear and the famous tomb of King Tutankhamun in front below.
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  • Egypt. Luxor. The Valley of the Artisans (Deir el-Medina) ruins of the village where the Kings and Queens tomb builders and craftsmen lived.
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  • Egypt. Luxor. The Valley of the Artisans (Deir el-Medina) ruins of the village where the Kings and Queens tomb builders and craftsmen lived.
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  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • View of a few of the small houses that protect the tombs at the Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.
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  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
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  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
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  • Painted tomb of Massimo Pallottino which dates from the end of the 5th century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Discovered in 1962, the tomb is named after Prominent Etruscologist Massimo Pallottino. Consisting of a single chamber, the tomb’s ceiling is decorated with a dark red outline of central and lateral beams. Depicted on the back wall is a dancing harpist, a female dancer and male dancer holding Kylix in his right hand. On the side walls are figures of male and female dancers in small wood.
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  • Painted tomb Dei Baccanti which dates from 510-500 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb which was discovered in 1874 has a short stepped corridor that leads to a small burial chamber with a gable roof. The back wall pediment depicts two groups of lions and deer’s struggling. The paintings on the side walls portray dancers, singers and musicians. The two figures on the back wall right side are thought to be the husband and wife who commissioned the tomb.
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  • Painted tomb Dei Baccanti which dates from 510-500 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb which was discovered in 1874 has a short stepped corridor that leads to a small burial chamber with a gable roof. The back wall pediment depicts two groups of lions and deer’s struggling. The paintings on the side walls portray dancers, singers and musicians. The two figures on the back wall right side are thought to be the husband and wife who commissioned the tomb.
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  • Painted Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy.  Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.
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  • Painted tomb of the Leopards (Leopardi) which dates from 470 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb is a single rectangular chamber with a double slope chequered multi-coloured painted ceiling. The On the back wall frieze, two leopards face each other on opposing sides of a small tree. The main painting on the back wall depicts a funerary banquet with three couples attended to by naked young servants. The side walls show dancers, musicians and other figures including servants.
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  • Painted tomb of the Leopards (Leopardi) which dates from 470 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb is a single rectangular chamber with a double slope chequered multi-coloured painted ceiling. The On the back wall frieze, two leopards face each other on opposing sides of a small tree. The main painting on the back wall depicts a funerary banquet with three couples attended to by naked young servants. The side walls show dancers, musicians and other figures including servants.
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  • Church of San Giovanni Gerosolimitano in the city of Tarquinia, Italy. The church was built between the end of the 7th and the beginning of the 8th century. The church belonged to the order of the Knights of Malta who had their seat in Corneto for centuries. The facade is a mix of Romanic and Gothic elements.
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  • View of the Barriera San Giusto, the 19th century monumental entrance to Tarquinia Italy.
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  • Painted tomb of Cardarelli which dates from 510-500 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. The tomb is a single chamber with a double slope ceiling and central beam in relief. The back wall pediment depicts two groups of lions and deer’s struggling.  Below these is central false door flanked by a harpist on the left and flute player on the right. The side walls have numerous different figures including, dancers, musicians a cup bearer and Kottabos player. Kottabos was the ancient banquet game of throwing wine from cups.  The tomb is named after Vincenzo Cardarelli, native poet of Tarquinia.
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  • Painted tomb of Mario Moretti which dates from 500-490 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.  Discovered in 1968, the tomb is made up of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling. The back wall pediment shows tow lions facing each other. The back wall depicts a flute player, a male figure holding a Kylix and richly dressed female figure who probably is the deceased owner of the tomb. On the side walls are dancers and players alternated by figures of trees. The tomb is named after Etruscanologist Mario Moretti.
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  • Tomb A inside the Maroi Tumulus at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  The Tumulus dates from the 7th century BC and consisted of three separate tombs. It is named in honour of the Countess Maroi who sponsored its excavation and is one of the largest tumuli of the Necroplois.
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  • Tomb A inside the Maroi Tumulus at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  The Tumulus dates from the 7th century BC and consisted of three separate tombs. It is named in honour of the Countess Maroi who sponsored its excavation and is one of the largest tumuli of the Necroplois.
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  • The Maroi Tumulus at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  The Tumulus dates from the 7th century BC and consisted of three separate tombs. It is named in honour of the Countess Maroi who sponsored its excavation and is one of the largest tumuli of the Necropolis.
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  • View of a large circular tomb the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.
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  • Cube shaped tombs resembling lines of terrace houses at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy.  These tombs date from the 6th century BC and are found on two side streets of the ancient cemetery.
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  • Section of Via degli inferi (street of the Gods of the underworld), Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis in central Italy. The winding street is over two kilometres long and is lined with various shaped ancient tombs, dating back to the 7th century BC.
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  • Tomb of the Little House beside deep groves left by funerary carts wheels, Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy. The Tomb dates from the 6th century BC and was dug out from a large mass of Volcanic Tufa. The Etruscan funerary carts transported the dead to their burial tomb.
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  • View of tombs on Via degli inferi (street of the Gods of the underworld) at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditacciaa Necropolis Italy. The street is over two kilometres long and is lined with various shaped ancient tombs, some dating back to the 7th century BC.
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  • Circular colossal tombs Tumuli with conical grass grown tops at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy. The tombs are found on the Via degli inferi (street of the Gods of the underworld) which is over two kilometres long and is lined with various shaped ancient tombs, some dating back to the 7th century BC.
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  • Circular colossal tombs Tumuli with conical grass grown tops at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy. The tombs are found on the Via degli inferi (street of the Gods of the underworld) which is over two kilometres long and is lined with various shaped ancient tombs, some dating back to the 7th century BC.
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  • The large circular Tomb of the Capitals at the Cerveteri Etruscan Banditaccia Necropolis Italy. The tomb dates from the 6th century BC is named after the two central polygonal columns topped with Ionic inspired capitals. It is a typical tomb of the archaic period resembling a house inside.
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  • Funerary vases located in the museum forecourt. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Relief of Eukoline, shown with her parents, her grandmother and her dog. From 350 BC. Kerameikos museum. Athens. Greece. Originally was from the Street of the Tombs and was found near the Sacred Way. It is now located in the museum forecourt.
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  • 6th century BC marble winged sphinx at the Kerameikos museum. Athens. Greece. Found buried near the Sacred gate in 2002, the archaic era votive offering or funerary sculpture statue would have crowned a grave stele. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
    Greece_Athens_Kerameikos_101.tif
  • 6th century BC marble winged sphinx at the Kerameikos museum. Athens. Greece. Found buried near the Sacred gate in 2002, the archaic era votive offering or funerary sculpture statue would have crowned a grave stele. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • The Tritopatreion sanctuary inscribed boundary stone. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. This was a simple unroofed sacred precinct where the Athenians worshipped their common ancestors. It is situated at the junction of the Sacred Street and the Street of the tombs.  The cult was installed here in the early 5tn century BC and the sanctuary ceased to exist around 300 BC.
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  • The Tritopatreion sanctuary inscribed boundary stone. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. This was a simple unroofed sacred precinct where the Athenians worshipped their common ancestors. It is situated at the junction of the Sacred Street and the Street of the tombs.  The cult was installed here in the early 5tn century BC and the sanctuary ceased to exist around 300 BC.
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  • Sacred Way Hellenistic grave marker known as Kionsikoi. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • Hellenistic funerary markers known as kioniskos (small plain columns). Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • The 4th century BC burial monument to Dionysios of Kollystos, crowned by a bull in Pentelic marble. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The memorial is located on the street of the tombs and the bull is a copy of the original which is in the museum. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • The 4th century BC burial monument to Dionysios of Kollystos, crowned by a bull in Pentelic marble. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The memorial is located on the street of the tombs and the bull is a copy of the original which is in the museum. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Copy of the Memorial stele of Dexileos, a young man killed in battle at Corinth in 394 BC. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The 20 year old son of Lysanias of Thorikos, Dexileos is shown on the relief as a cavalryman slaying an adversary. The stele or relief sculpture is located on the Street of the Tombs, which is the excavated part of the ancient main road to Piraeus. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Grave relief of two sisters Demetria and Pamphile, dating from 325-310BC. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The stele or relief sculpture which is a copy (original is in the museum) is located on the Street of the Tombs, which is the excavated part of the ancient main road to Piraeus. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • A loutrophoros (marble vessel) decorates the grave plot of the Messenians. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The grave plot consists of three stone tables (trapeza) and the Messians are Philoxenos, son of Dion from Messene and his sons Dion and Parthenios.
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  • Boundary stone of the Kerameikos in front of the Tomb of the Lakedaimonians. Athens. Greece.
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  • Rectangular Tomb of the Lakedaimonians killed in 403 BC in Piraeus. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • Western section of the ancient street known as Dromos. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The ancient road was 1600 metres in length and led from the Dipylon Gate at Kerameikos to Plato’s Academy. The road was named Dromos and was the most official road in the city as it was lined by the Demosion Sema, a state burial ground where prominent Athenians and warriors who fell in battles were put to rest. This section of the road would have been 40 meters wide. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • View of the original rampart between the Sacred Gate and the Dipylon. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The ancient city walls at Kerameikos that once surrounded the city of Athens were built as part of the fortification plan by Athenian ruler Themistokles in 478 BC. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • The ancient  sacred Eridanos River which flows through the archaeological site of Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • The Eridanos River arched vaulted channel beside the Sacred Gate. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The vaulted channel allowed the Eridanos River to flow through it (the gate) undisturbed. The river bed of the part channel was given a paved surface. The Sacred Gate was built in the 5th century BC at the same time as the Themistocles wall and marks the beginning of the Sacred Way to Eleusis.  Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • Ruins of the Pompeion, Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The Pompeion was a public building used for preparation of festivals and processions, including the annual Panathenaic procession. The original building dates from the 4th century BC and consisted of an inner colonnaded court with several side rooms and a monumental entrance gate (Propylon). The building is located between the Sacred gate (on left) and the Dipylon Gate to the right. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
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  • General view of the Pompeion, Kerameikos. Athens. Greece. The Pompeion was a public building used for preparation of festivals and processions, including the annual Panathenaic procession. The original building dates from the 4th century BC and consisted of an inner colonnaded court with several side rooms and a monumental entrance gate (Propylon). The building is located between the Sacred gate (on left) and the Dipylon Gate to the right. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
    Greece_Athens_Kerameikos_014.tif
  • Rectangular Tomb of the Lakedaimonians killed in 403 BC in Piraeus. Kerameikos. Athens. Greece.
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  • 6th century BC marble winged sphinx at the Kerameikos museum. Athens. Greece. Found buried near the Sacred gate in 2002, the archaic era votive offering or funerary sculpture statue would have crowned a grave stele. Serving as a burial ground as long ago as the 12th century BC, Kerameikos located in the ancient neighbourhood of potters contains part of the ancient city walls and the Dipylon, the main gate of Ancient Athens at a junction of the Sacred Way and Panathenaic Way. It served as a burial ground for the richest and most distinguished citizens of the city.
    Greece_Athens_Kerameikos_004.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Very large family tombs on the Northern Necropolis of Cyrene. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_172.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_168.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_161.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.  Some of the tombs which were quite spacious still contain traces of their distinctive Greek and Hellenistic facades. Unfortunately every visible tomb or sarcophagi has been robed and damaged either in Byzantine or early Islamic times. The Necropolis of Cyrene is one of the most extensive cemeteries in the ancient world and gives the most vivid impression of Cyrene’s Greek Heritage.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_158.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.  Some of the tombs which were quite spacious still contain traces of their distinctive Greek and Hellenistic facades. Unfortunately every visible tomb or sarcophagi has been robed and damaged either in Byzantine or early Islamic times. The Necropolis of Cyrene is one of the most extensive cemeteries in the ancient world and gives the most vivid impression of Cyrene’s Greek Heritage.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_155.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.  Some of the tombs which were quite spacious still contain traces of their distinctive Greek and Hellenistic facades. Unfortunately every visible tomb or sarcophagi has been robed and damaged either in Byzantine or early Islamic times. The Necropolis of Cyrene is one of the most extensive cemeteries in the ancient world and gives the most vivid impression of Cyrene’s Greek Heritage.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_152.tif
  • Libya_Benghazi_Commonwealth_War_Ceme...tif
  • Benghazi. Cyrenaica. Libya. Tombstone and grave of two soliders from the Australian Imperial Forces at the Commonwealth war graves cemetery at Benghazi. There 1,214 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the Cemetery. This includes graves of Australian, British, Greek, Indian, Jewish, Libyan, Norwegian, South African and Sudanese soldiers. The cemetery was built and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
    Libya_Benghazi_Commonwealth_War_Ceme...tif
  • Luxor. Egypt. Africa. Entrance to the tomb of Ramses III at The Valley of the Kings.
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  • Luxor. Egypt. Africa. Tourist at the entrance to the most famous of all Pharaoh tombs , the tomb of King Tutankhamum at the Valley of the Kings.
    Egypt_Valley_of_Kings_009.tif
  • Egypt. Luxor. The Valley of the Artisans (Deir el-Medina) ruins of the village where the Kings and Queens tomb builders and craftsmen lived.
    Egypt_Valley_of_Artisans_007.tif
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_064.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_061.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_058.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_056.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_053.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_052.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_050.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_040.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_038.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_036.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_034.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_030.jpg
  • Tombs of the Kings  Paphos Cyprus. The Tombs of the Kings is a vast ancient archaeological necropolis with impressive underground tombs located at the city of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus_Paphos_Kings_Tombs_031.jpg
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