Treasures of Lavreotica Wall Art

Lavreotica is a region in Attica of historical, archaeological, paleontological, mining-metallurgical and geological importance. The word "lavra" means narrow passage or tunnel describing the characteristics of mining galleries. The first underground excavations began around 3000 BC., establishing Laurion mines as the oldest in Europe. Lavreotica was one of the largest ancient mining complexes in the ancient world. During the Classical period, there were about 350 mines and worked by 10-20,000 slaves. The silver mines were one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state. The victory of Hellenes over the Persians with the leadership of Themistocles at Salamis in 480 BC. was due to Laurion silver. The metallic silver was mainly...

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