Ancient mass grave near Athens houses the skeletal remains of 80 shackled prisoners
A huge mass grave, discovered near Athens, houses the remains of several shackled skeletons that might have belonged to the supporters of Cylon,a tyrant who tried to overthrow the leader of ancient Greece as part of a coup in 632 BC. Located only 5 km (around 3.1 km) from the Acropolis, the mass grave was…