Verified37.9780° N · 23.7170° E · 75 m
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens
Late Bronze Age to Late Antique·Athenian·🇬🇷 Attica, Greece
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About Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens in Attica, Greece is a Late Bronze Age to Late Antique ancient-city attributed to Athenian. Large funerary zone outside Dipylon double gate with Street of Tombs and Pompeion. City gate with two towers and Pompeion processional building for Panathenaea.
Why it mattersType-site for Athenian ancient-city studies
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing sequence
- 02Function and cult identity
Theories
- 01Panhellenic competition centre
- 02Colonial foundation model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1100 BCE cemetery; 478 BCE Themistoclean gate
- Period
- Late Bronze Age to Late Antique
- Culture
- Athenian
- Purpose
- Large funerary zone outside Dipylon double gate with Street of Tombs and Pompeion
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1100 BCE cemetery; 478 BCE Themistoclean gate
Initial construction
c. 1880 CE
Systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
37.9780° N · 23.7170° E · 75 m · 3 mapped features
- Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens — Agora / ForumagoraPublic square and stoa37.9782° N · 23.7171° E
- Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens — Circuit WallswallsCity wall circuit and gates37.9778° N · 23.7172° E
- Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens — Sanctuary QuartersanctuaryTemple or shrine quarter37.9785° N · 23.7168° E
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