Goura, Phthiotis
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Goura, Phthiotis was a
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located within
Phthiotis Phthiotis ( el, Φθιώτιδα, ''Fthiótida'', ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is border ...
,
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
.Pausanias's Description of Greece - Pausânias
p. 553
Sometime around the late 19th century, a
beehive tomb A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of suc ...
burial structure constructed from stone was discovered in Goura. Local people converted the tomb into a lime
kiln A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...
, and it contained rings, gold, silver, painted vases and bones.


See also

*
List of settlements in Phthiotis This is a list of settlements in Phthiotis, Greece: A * Achinos * Achladi * Achladia * Agia Marina, Stylida * Agia Marina, Tithorea * Agia Paraskevi, Lamia * Agia Paraskevi, Tithorea * Agia Triada * Agios Charalampos * Agios Georgios D ...


References

Populated places in Phthiotis Lime kilns in Greece {{AncientGreece-geo-stub