There's an early Christian cemetery on the outskirts of Pythagorion (on the Chora road) that was built adjacent to and on top of an archaic Sanctuary of Artemis. As you may know Artemis was goddess of the hunt and I find it interesting the early Christians would choose this site for a cemetery.
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| Early Christian cemetery |
Since the very early Christians were persecuted and even hunted I suppose it's kind of apt a site used to worship the huntress was adapted by their descendants.
Like a lot of ancient sites in Greece information about these remains was sparse to say the least. A lady at the museum in Pythagorio told me the site dated to the 2
nd century AD.
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| Burial Chambers |
These are some of the burial chambers.
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| Burial Chamber |
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| Inside one of the chambers |
Some of the stonemasonry and brickwork is in remarkably good condition even if it is hard to determine exactly what was what.
Sadly very little of the ancient Sanctuary of Artemis remains visible. There are a couple of broken columns, but any outline of the buildings are mostly covered in vegetation.
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