Tender completed for ‘Phaleron Captives’ site

The tender to pick a contractor to build a protective shell around the site of the so-called "Phaleron Captives" has come to an end, with the government's Diavgeia platform listing MT ATE as the winner of the first phase of the process.

The site consists of an ancient mass grave of shackled skeletons found during excavations for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at modern-day Faliro on Athens' southern coast in 2016.

The 78 chained human skeletons have been dated to the 7th century BC but archaeologists have not been able to pinpoint their story. Since being discovered in 2016, the mass grave had effectively been open to the elements. In 2023, the finds were moved to a different location where they could be protected and studied in a controlled setting, but the task of settling them in a permanent location and ensuring their constant preservation remains...