DIGGING UP HISTORY

Digging the new Athens subway proved an opportunity to unearth fascinating layers of history. Now that the subway has opened, some of the finds are now on display, including relics from “a mass grave from the time of the Peloponnesian War, presumed to be full of victims of the plague which struck the Athenians in 430BC, when people crowded into the city from the countryside for protection.” – Financial Times