Ancient graves found in Greece

AP via Yahoo ^ | 3-10-08 | ANON

[Pharmboy]

Greek workers discovered around 1,000 graves, some filled with ancient treasures, while excavating for a subway system in the historic city of Thessaloniki, the state archaeological authority said Monday.

Some of the graves, which dated from the first century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., contained jewelry, coins and various pieces of art, the Greek archaeological service said in a statement.

Thessaloniki was founded around 315 B.C. and flourished during the Roman and Byzantine eras. Today it is the Mediterranean country's second largest city.

Most of the graves — 886 — were just east of the city center in what was the eastern cemetery during Roman and Byzantine times. Those graves ranged from traces of wooden coffins left in simple holes in the ground, to marble enclosures in five-room family mausoleums.

A separate group of 94 graves were found near the city's train station, in what was once part of the city's western cemetery.

More findings were expected as digging for the Thessaloniki metro continues. Digging started in 2006 and the first 13 stations are expected to be done by the end of 2012. A 10-station extension to the west and east has been announced.

[Pharmboy]

Nice find...

[Pharmboy]

Graves, ancient, ping...

[JasonC]

(hick accent on) Dang, and here I thought dem old greeks was immortal, like dere gods and goddess was supposed to be. Gosh golly gee, whoda thunk dey coulds die... (hick accent off)

[aculeus]

BTTT

[Pharmboy]

Not their bodies...just their ideas.

[JasonC]

Look around you, dead as a post.

[Pharmboy]

Yer a reeel intelektual, ah ken tell...

[RDTF]

so cool

[Bob J]

Lot of dead people in the last 5k years.

[blam]

Thanks.

Here too.

[Pharmboy]

Geez...I searched several appropriate terms and nada came up. Oh well...

[Tanniker Smith]

You’d think in Greece that they’d know better than to try to dig a subway ... odds are that they’d strike historical ruins ... so much history under there that they kept building on top of.

[Pharmboy]

Good point. The same thing just happened in Rome...

[SunkenCiv]

thanks, but alas...

Ancient graves found in Greece (Thessaloniki)
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[SunkenCiv]

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[Pharmboy]

I searched...I really really did.

And found nothing.

[Grizzled Bear]

You shoulda tried digging a subway. You can find all kinds of cool stuff that way!

[SunkenCiv]

Happens all the time. :’)

[blam]

"I searched...I really really did."

LOL. It happens to me all the time. (Just ignore it)