Two Greek sites make top 10 list of this year's archaeological discoveries

Two archaeological findings in Greece - namely the so-called Antikythera Man and a mass grave at the Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, south of Athens - have been included in the "Top 10 Discoveries of 2016" by Archaeology magazine. The publication is issued by the Archaeological Institute of America.

Excavators at the Phaleron Delta necropolis - a large ancient cemetery unearthed during the construction of a national opera house and library - earlier this year found at least 80 skeletons lying in a mass grave, their wrists clamped by iron shackles. Classical archaeology has called on the help of CSI-style archaeologists from the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA) to examine the graves.

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