Wednesday, August 31, 2011

KERAMEIKOS -- ATHENS GREECE

Kerameikos is one of the archaeological sites in Athens just outside the city wall. It was also the potter's quarter of the city from which the the word Ceramic was derived, and also the site of the important cementery and funeral sculptures. The inner Kerameikos was the former potter's quarter and the outer covers the cemetery and public burial monument. Kerameikos was the official cemetery of ancient Athens from the 11thc BC till the 2nd AC.

Within the site are the ancient walls of Athens and the Sacred Gate which was only used by pilgrims from Eleusus using the sacred road to and from that site during the annual procession. Nearby is the Dipylon gate which was the main entrance to the city, where the Panathenaic procession began and where the cities prostitutes congregated so they could make themselves available to weary travelers. It was from this spot that Pericles gave what was probably his most well-known speech honoring those who had died in the first year of the Peloponesian war.


Kerameikos Cemetery


Kerameikos Cemetery








Grave Markers


Grave Stones


Grave Markers













9 comments:

  1. Great photos you have here! I wish I can be like you someday... I also love photography but I don't have a good camera yet... Maybe if my uncle will pass over his Nikon DSLR hehehe

    Anyway, keep 'em comming!

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  3. Awesome pictures. All that stone - they must have really wanted the dead to stay down there haha

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  4. Incredible shots, well done. I believe I've visited this place years ago when I was touring in Greece with my family. :)

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  5. Thanks for all you comments guys!!!

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