Mahie welcomes Newcomers to Kerameikos
The Themistoclean Wall had a stone base and the rest consisted of unbaked brick. The foundations were laid in 479 BC
The wall was subsequently repaired three times, once during the Peloponnesian War, once under Conon in 394 BC and lastly about 307 BC during the Macedonian Wars
Newcomers listen to Mahie
Accurately carved stonework. The Themistoclean wall was built in order to protect the City from Spartan threat.
Bridge crossing the River Eridanos
Mahie, the tour guide.
Excavation sides show horizontal layers of ancient ceremics
Precisely cut stone joint
Spring flowers in Kerameikos
St. Triada Church
The bridge crossing the Eridanos river from the Sacred Way to the Pompeion
The remains of the Pompeion. It had a large colonnaded court and a monumental propylon
Grave stele. The deceased is depicted as an athlete holding a strigil
Detail of Athlete
The "Sacred Gate Lion" 590 BC
Detail of lion
Fragment of a grave stele. The deceased is depicted as a bearded boxer. 550 BC
The sacred gate Kouros
Sphinx
Detail of Sphinx
Grave stele of Philetos. 1st c. AD
Newcomers listen to Mahie as she talks about the bull
The bull stood on a high pedestal in the middle of the grave enclosure behind a naiskos on which were carved epigrams. 345 BC
Bull from the grave enclosure of Dionysios of Kollytos, Near the Way of the Tombs. 345 BC
Clay figurines. 950 BC
Wheeled horse. 550 BC
Bird vases. 750 BC
Small cart with a white horse. 675 BC
Figurine of a woman baking. 540 BC
Feeding bottle with strainer
Vase modeled in the shape of a foot. 500 BC
Pyxides with horse figurines on the lid. 8th c. BC
Clay pomegranate. 750 BC
Kantharos with a depiction of a warrior restraining horses. 750 BC
Necklace with clay beads
Pair of gold earrings and a gold earring with a cornelian bead
"Columbus" aryballos with a depiction of training for wrestling. 490 BC
Bowls containing tablets of face powder
Kylix with a flirtation scene
Ring shaped askos
White ground lekythos
Curses inscibed against individuals, amongst whom reference is made to servants, procurers, wine shop owners and tent dwellers
Shards of pottery incised with the name of famous Athenians who were candidates for ostracism. 5c BC
Cup with a banquet scene
The Themistoclean fortification built in 478 BC and encircling the entire city divided Kerameikos into an inner and outer zone. The inner was for urban development while the area outside the walls was used for burials.
The Pompeion was where the preparations were carried out for the most important festival of ancient Athens, the Panathenaia which was held every 4 years. This large rectangular ediface measuring 70 X 30 m. was built in 400 BC.
