Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . great quantity of stone and bone implements, CHAPTER III NORTH THESSALY A. Rakhmani. The road from Larissa to Tempe after passing the Nessonian marshenters a small valley between two low, outlying ranges of Ossa that run almostparallel with the Pcneus. The valley is well watered and shows signs of havingonce been better wooded than it is now. About half way along it the ruins ofthe deserted village of Rakhmani are visible at the foot of the east
Prehistoric Thessaly; being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia . great quantity of stone and bone implements, CHAPTER III NORTH THESSALY A. Rakhmani. The road from Larissa to Tempe after passing the Nessonian marshenters a small valley between two low, outlying ranges of Ossa that run almostparallel with the Pcneus. The valley is well watered and shows signs of havingonce been better wooded than it is now. About half way along it the ruins ofthe deserted village of Rakhmani are visible at the foot of the eastern the fields between them and the railway line stands the mound known asthe Maghula of Rakhmani (p. lo, no. 76), which attracted the attention ofLolling, who thought he .saw the remains of walls on it. This mound,which is about eight metres high and 112 by 95 metres in area, is, the mounds at Tsatobasi and Makrikhori, the most northerly mound yetfound in this direction. Therefore it seemed a favourable site for excavated here from the 14th to the 27th April 1910; and the finds arenow in the Museum at
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