February
04
/ 2022
An archaeological team digging at Hvar, Croatia, once home to the ancient Greek island settlement of Pharos, have unearthed a mass Greek communal grave from the fourth century BC. The find is a significant one from a number of perspectives ranging from artifacts found to funerary customs discovered. AdriaCos, a five-year-long project of the the Croatian Science Foundation, was launched last year by the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb as a multilayer research project studying the cultural heritage of Hvar, Croatia and the central Adriatic region, reports Archaeology News Network. The Greek communal tomb was found by the project team towards the end of its field research in 2021. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"93953","attributes":{"alt":"Glass beads from the Hvar, Croatia 4th-century BC grave where six
