''Not
even four miles south of Athens lies Phaleron — a site unknown to most
tourists. A ports of Athens in classical times, Phaleron also boasts one
of the largest cemeteries ever excavated in Greece, containing more
than 1,500 skeletons. Dating to the 8th-5th centuries BC, Phaleron is
significant for our understanding of the rise of the Greek city-state.
And, in particular, for understanding the violence and subjugation that
went with it. Two mass burials at Phaleron include people who were
tossed face-down into a pit, their hands shackled behind their backs. To
learn more about these deviant burials and their relationship to Greek
state formation, an international team of archaeologists is cleaning,
recording, and analyzing the Phaleron skeletons..''
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