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Cellarga Mass-Graves
Cellarga Mass-Graves
These mass-graves are the mass necropolis of the poor people
of the period. They constitute part of the Salamis Necropolis,
and lie 500 metres to the South-east of the Royal Tombs. The
area in which around 120 graves have been found is known to
have been used between 8th century B.C. and 4th century B.C..
The entrances to the tombs are closed with stone slabs; and
there steps carved into the rock. New graves with chimney shaped
zones were dug up on the area where the former mass-graves which
were filled up in time used to be. They were not used after
the 4th century B.C.. The remains of animals, statues, pots
and pans found among the ashes of the fires burnt in front of
the graves suggest that ceremonies of sacrifice and feasts were
held here.
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