Over the past five years, work on the natural gas distribution network in Drama has uncovered many interesting archaeological finds. These discoveries offer new information about the city’s long history.

The most important archaeological discoveries for 2016 include two Greek finds according to the prestigious Archaeology magazine; the Phaleron Delta necropolis where the remains of 80 men shackled together at the wrists in a mass grave and the first human remains to be found at the Antikythera shipwreck in almost 40 years.