Derveni ( el, Δερβένι) is a location between
Efkarpia
Efkarpia ( el, Ευκαρπία) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas ...
and
Lagyna, approximately ten kilometers north-east of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
.
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Derveni
location at wikimapia At Derveni an archeological site is located where a
necropolis was discovered, part of a cemetery of the ancient city of
Lete. Valuable artifacts were uncovered at this site, including the
Derveni papyrus
The Derveni papyrus is an ancient Greek papyrus roll that was found in 1962. It is a philosophical treatise that is an allegorical commentary on an Orphic poem, a theogony concerning the birth of the gods, produced in the circle of the philosopher ...
and
Derveni krater.
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Ancient Mygdonia
Ancient cemeteries in Greece
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