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Street of Tombs

TIME : 2016/2/18 18:58:00

Leading off the Sacred Way to the left as you head away from the city is the Street of Tombs. This avenue was reserved for the tombs of Athens' most prominent citizens. The surviving stelae are now in the National Archaeological Museum, and what you see are replicas. The astonishing array of funerary monuments, and their bas reliefs warrant more than a cursory examination.