Shackled ancient Greek skeletons were found during construction on the SNFCC. Credit: Greek Ministry of CultureArchaeologists are studying ancient Greek shackled skeletons found at the ancient cemetery in 2016 in the port city of Faliro in order to understand the rise of the Athens city-state.
Faliro cemetery is one of the largest such sites that has been excavated in Greece, as it contains more than 1,500 ancient Greek skeletons dating back to the 8th-5th centuries BC.
Skeletons of people with their hands shackled behind their backs in mass graves are considered important in understanding the policies of Athens at the time and how the city-state was established.
Excavations at the site revealed ancient Greek shackled skeletons
Excavations of the graveyard in Faliro took off a century ago. However, large-scale work was carried out between 2012 to 2016 by the Department of Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, led by archaeologist Stella Chrysoulaki.
