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Cemeteries and tombs

The Mycenaean domed tomb at Komiaki

20. February 2012

On Naxos exist only relatively few testimonies from the Mycenaean epoch (approx. 1,700 to 1,150 BC). One of them is the Mycenaean domed tomb (or tholos tomb) near Komiakí, one of only three domed t…

The Geometric cemetery at Tsikalario

Near the village of Tsikalarió lies an ancient cemetery from the Geometric epoch (11th – 8th century BC), not far from the The Venetian fortress Apano Kastro. It is located within the granite lands…

Panagia Chrysopigi near Apiranthos

6. September 2010

On a ridge named Korakiá south of Apíranthos lies a tiny church called Panagía Chrysopigí. It is a unique, very unusual building. The archaeologist Georgios Mastoropoulos concludes from the smallne…

Cemeteries and burials in the Cycladic culture

28. October 2009

Already during the Stone age people started to bury their dead. The oldest known graves are dated to an age of 40,000 years. The first known cemeteries are about 12,000 years old. On the Cyclades a…