“Falirothen”: Exhibition with the findings of the excavation in the Faliro Delta

The periodic exhibition “Falirothen. Between two worlds” at the Piraeus Archaeological Museum.

The exhibition presents some of the most important findings, from the rescue excavation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in the Faliro Delta, and is part of the set of events for the European Cultural Heritage Days. The exhibition will last until December 31, 2023.

The four sections of the report

The exhibition is divided into 4 sections: The first two mainly focus on the Attic burial customs, during the early and late archaic period. They focus on the objects that accompanied the deceased, but also on those that were part of the ritual to take care of him on the last journey. The third section is devoted to Proto-Attic pottery, while the fourth section presents three burials that have been examined from a bioarchaeological perspective. That is, it presents the identity of the people who have been buried and narrates elements of their life story.

As early as 1864, the first evidence of the existence of a cemetery in the Faliro Delta

The first evidence of the existence of a cemetery in the Faliro Delta is recorded as early as 1864, while at the beginning of the 20th century, two small-scale rescue excavations were carried out by K. Kourouniotis (1911) and E. Pelekidis (1915). From the latter came the unorthodox – for the perceptions of the time – finding of the group burial of 18 adults, who were executed by drumming. Systematically, the area was excavated during the recent construction of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on the site of the old racecourse.

Mendoni: The cultural reserve of Piraeus is extremely important

“Piraeus has an extremely important cultural reserve, a great comparative advantage, which highlights its character over time. Today, there is a dynamic in Piraeus, as the government invests substantially in the city”, emphasized the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, opening the exhibition, in the presence of the mayor of the city, Yiannis Moralis.

Lina Mendoni, referring to the important stock of the city, underlined that “a tangible example is the findings of the Metro, which led to the largest archaeological excavation ever carried out in Piraeus, and indeed in its urban fabric. From this project – as is always the case with public infrastructure projects implemented in our country – came many, prominent and diverse findings, which, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and Attiko Metro, the Ministry of Culture and Sports for the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus will present in the museum space of the wooden warehouse. As you already know, the establishment of the Museum of Marine Antiquities in the Shilo building, in the port, is progressing. We are in the tendering process, while the financing of the project, with a budget of approximately 90 million euros, has been secured by the Recovery Fund. Piraeus will acquire a Museum of unique importance and scope. All the underwater archaeological wealth of Greece, which has never been exhibited, except for individual finds, will be presented in this museum. Also, the project of the regeneration of the beach front, with a strong cultural character due to the Kononeio wall, and this is being launched by the Municipality of Piraeus”. Regarding the exhibition “Falirothen. Between two worlds”, the Minister noted that “the rescue excavation at the SNFCC, which was carried out in a completely systematic way, connected and interpreted the older researches in the same area and yielded findings, which complete mosaics, not only of its archaeological past wider area of ​​Piraeus, but also of the historical past of Athens and Attica”.

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