Photo Source: Greek Ministry of Culture
Posted on 06/16/2019 6:44:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In a session devoted to the ancient mass grave containing some 80 shackled skeletons, found at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC) in the coastal Athens suburb of Paleo Faliro, Greece's Central Archaeological Council on Tuesday agreed on the specifications of an underground "shell" that will permanently protect and display the archaeological discovery, as well as approving a study on protecting the remains from the rise of brackish water, ANA reports.
The ultimate goal is that this sensational and extremely important archaeological find, discovered in 2016 during works to build the SNFCC, should become a visitable site.
The idea is that, once conditions are right, the three groups of graves will be covered by the construction of a simple and plain underground shell that will blend tastefully with the surrounding landscape of the SNFCC Esplanade and provide the right microclimate, in accordance with environmental requirements.
The project will be extremely architecturally simple and plain and will seek to instill a sense that visitors are descending downward into a resting place for the dead, not entering another "tourist attraction".
The mass burial of the 80 skeletons, some of which are in chains and bear signs of a violent death, is a rare and extraordinary find that was hailed as one of the 10 most significant archaeological discoveries of 2016 by the U.S. periodical "Archaeology". The skeletons date back to the turbulent 7th century B.C. - a time of revolutions, uprisings and violence between supporters of the aristocracy and those seeking to overthrow them - while they may be connected with the Cylonian affair.
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Photo Source: Greek Ministry of Culture
Gruesome!
Apparently they were very, very cross with these dead guys.
They actually look like they’re screaming.
Looks like some reparations are in order.
Who’s on the hook?
One of Pericles’ ancestors (on his mother’s side) was accused of sacrilege in connection with putting down the failed coup attempt by Cylon. The Spartans tried to use that to discredit Pericles 200 years later (just before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War).
Scariest part of that movie. And the best!
Horrible. I don’t know who these people were or what they had done or not done, but they seem to have been staked out and have died in some way so horrible that their jaws were open at the time of death. Dreadful to see.
In the 7th century b.c., you try to pull off a coup and fail, there are consequences for your actions.
Cylon, one of the Athenian nobles and a previous victor of the Olympic Games, attempted a coup in 632 BC with support from Megara, where his father-in-law, Theagenes, was tyrant. The oracle at Delphi had advised him to seize Athens during a festival of Zeus, which Cylon understood to mean the Olympics. However, the coup was opposed, and Cylon and his supporters took refuge in Athena’s temple on the Acropolis. Cylon and his brother escaped, but his followers were cornered by Athens’ nine archons. According to Plutarch and Thucydides (1.126), they were persuaded by the archons to leave the temple and stand trial after being assured that their lives would be spared.
In an effort to ensure their safety, the accused tied a rope to the temple’s statue and went to the trial. On the way, the rope (again, according to Plutarch) broke of its own accord. The Athenian archons, led by Megacles, took this as the goddess’s repudiation of her suppliants and proceeded to stone them to death (on the other hand, Herodotus, 5.71, and Thucydides, 1.126, do not mention this aspect of the story, stating that Cylon’s followers were simply killed after being convinced that they would not be harmed).
In April 2016, two mass graves containing 80 bodies, some shackled, were found in Palaio Faliro, a suburb of Athens. The skeletons date from the second quarter of the seventh century BC, and it has been suggested that they were the supporters of Cylon killed in the aftermath of his attempted coup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylon_of_Athens
Did anyone do a actual count?
There should be a exact number that were found.
May have been weight reduction program that went bad.
Very interesting. Thanks!
CYLONS? Damn toasters!
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Yes, saw that. No respect.
Never trust a Cylon. They are always trying to destroy the Galactica.
Buried alive.
It does look that way, but of course, the mouths could have been hanging open when they were slain, and clearly the burial wasn't done with any embalming or rites.
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