Toumba
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Toumba is a neighborhood on the eastern side of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is divided horizontally into Ano Toumba and Kato Toumba (Upper and Lower Toumba) by a flume, and it is part of 4th Division of Thessaloniki Municipality.
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[edit] Etymology
The literal translation of the word "Toumba" has the same root as the Anglo-Saxon "Tomb" which relates to the Ancient Greek Tύμβος (pronounced "timvos"), which means a memorial burrying place for the honoured dead, usually a crypt in a small hill or a small building. (see Archaeological interest, below)
[edit] PAOK soccer stadium
The Toumba neighborhood hosts the home stadium of PAOK FC, which bears the same name, Toumba Stadium.
[edit] Archaeological interest
In the middle of Toumba there is the archeological site of an ancient village, discovered in 1895. It consists of a conic hill with subsequent building samples from the Copper Age (2000 BC - 1100 BC) through the early Hellenistic (323-300 BC). The village might be Ancient Therma or part of it. This village, along with 25 others, was united by Cassander, in order to form Thessaloniki in 315 BC (Stravon VII 21 & 24).
The excavation is still in progress, and the archaeologists are working to reveal information about an unknown part of the ancient and classic history in Central Macedonia and the Thermaic Gulf.
In 1980, a builder seeking to level land discovered (and damaged), a tomb dating from approximately 1000 BC, in the Greek Dark Ages. This additional archaeological site is of interest because it is unlike contemporary Greek burials.
