Kerameikos in Athens

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ancient district archaeological site neighborhood of Athens

Kerameikos in Athens is an ancient district that served as both the city’s primary cemetery and a major gateway area, marking the beginning of important processional routes.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kerameikos 2
Kerameikos archaeological site 3
Dipylon Cemetery, Athens 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient district ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
neighborhood of Athens ⓘ
administrativeStatus deme-related area in classical Athens ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Eleusinian Mysteries procession NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panathenaic procession NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Dipylon Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kerameikos Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sacred Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
city walls of Themistocles ⓘ
family tombs ⓘ
funerary monuments ⓘ
grave stelai ⓘ
public cemetery of Athens ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
currentUse archaeological park ⓘ
museum site ⓘ
etymology from Greek "keramos" meaning "potter’s clay" ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1870s ⓘ
function gateway district of the city ⓘ
primary cemetery of ancient Athens ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological zone of Athens ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor ancient cemetery ⓘ
city gate area ⓘ
processional routes ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialCulture ceramic production ⓘ
pottery workshops ⓘ
modernAccess Kerameikos metro station NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter potters ⓘ
near Acropolis of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Agora of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf ancient Athenian city fortifications ⓘ
timeInUseAsCemetery from at least the 12th century BCE ⓘ
into the Roman Imperial period ⓘ
tourism popular visitor attraction in Athens ⓘ
traversedBy Panathenaic Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sacred Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanRole boundary between intra-mural and extra-mural areas of ancient Athens ⓘ
usedAs burial ground for Athenian citizens ⓘ
burial ground for war dead ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dipylon Amphora → findspot → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dipylon Cemetery, Kerameikos, Athens
Athens historic center → hasPart → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerameikos archaeological site
archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerameikos archaeological site
Gazi neighborhood → near → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerameikos archaeological site
Dipylon Amphora → originalLocation → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dipylon Cemetery, Athens
Dipylon Gate to Acropolis → passesThrough → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerameikos
Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis → startingPoint → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
Panathenaic Way → urbanContext → Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerameikos