Example sentences for: kerameikós

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  • Kerameikós was named for the potters who worked here within the city walls (Inner Kerameikós), directly on the site of good clay deposits.

  • Outside the wall (Outer Kerameikós), was the major cemetery of the city (it was forbidden to bury the dead within the city walls), with burials dating from the 12th century b.c.

  • For those whose taste leans towards post-industrial landscapes, just a little way beyond Kerameikós — across Odós Pireos — is the old gas works of Gazi, which has been converted into the Museum of Industrial Architecture.

  • The excavated area of Kerameikós is interesting because it incorporates a section of the 478 b.c. city wall and the ceremonial entranceways into Athens from the cities of Eleusis to the west and Piraeus to the south.

  • This leads us one kilometer (.62 miles) to the archaeological site of Kerameikós.


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