79 People Were Found Buried, Chained up! Their Identities Have Been Revealed.
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A team led by Julianne Stamer, at Arizona State University, measured the isotopes of strontium in the dental enamel of 163 skeletons exhumed near Athens, according to a study published in 2026 in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. These bones come from the Phalère Cemetery, on the coast, where a pit opened in 2016 had revived an old debate about the origin of the torturers. The chained men had grown there in Attica, the Athens region…
In Athens, 79 men were found chained in a 2,600-year-old mass grave. Initially thought to be foreign invaders, isotope analysis revealed that most of the men were locals.
Thanks to an innovative technique of analysis of strontium isotopes, an international team has revealed the identity of the 79 chained men of Athens, whose remains were found in a mass grave almost a decade ago. The finding, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, solves one of the great enigmas of classical archaeology: those executed were not invaders, but Athenians. Almost ten years ago, while excavating in the necropolis…
The discovery in 2016 of a large mass grave in the former cemetery of Falero, on the coast of Athens, shocked the archaeological community and the general public. There appeared the remains of 79 adult men, many of them still with metal shackles, placed in three parallel rows. Since then, researchers have debated [...]
Chemical analyses performed on the teeth and bones of 163 individuals buried in the Phaleron cemetery in Greece revealed that most of the men found in a mass grave originated from the Attica region. This discovery alters the interpretation of an episode of social violence in Athens in the 6th century BC. Chemical analysis redefines the interpretation of the grave. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, shows that…
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