The necropolis of Argilos is situated to the East of the city. There are various types of tombs. Most are cist-graves, that is, trenches, of which the sides are clad with marble slabs and the top is covered with terracotta tiles, but clay sarcophagoi or simple pits next to a cremation area also occur. The offerings reflect the needs of the inhabitants; in the tombs, vases were deposited coming from areas as far as East Greece, Corinth, Athens, and naturally Thasos, showing the intensity of relations with the rest of the greek world.
![Attic red-figured krater (500-450 B.C.)](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Atticredfiguredkrater500450.jpg)
Attic red-figured krater (500-450 B.C.)
The necropolis of Argilos also contains two macedonian tombs, nowadays visible next to the Thessaloniki – Kavala national road. They were built by digging into the soft earth of the slope of a small hill. Of tomb A, only part of the corridor (dromos) and entrance to the chamber are preserved. Tomb B is in a much better state of preservation. The dromos which leads to the entrance is 5 meters wide, the entrance itself is built with two marble posts and the lintel has five dentils. Both anti-chamber and chamber are preserved. A marble door separated the anti-chamber from the chamber, but neither a kline nor thronos was found. The corpses were placed in three cist-graves dug under the floor of the chamber. Coins of Cassander and Antigonos Gonatas date tomb B to the 3rd century B.C.
![Archaic protome from the necropolis](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Protomearchaic.jpg)
Archaic protome from the necropolis
![Macedonian tomb](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TombeA-1.jpg)
Macedonian tomb “A” – Dromos and entrance to the chamber
![Macedonian tomb](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TombeB.jpg)
Macedonian tomb “B” – Dromos and entrance to the chamber
![Macedonian tomb](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TombeB2.jpg)
Macedonian tomb “B” – anti-chamber and chamber
![Tombe B - Antichambre et chambre](http://argilos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TombeB3-1.jpg)
Tombe B – Antichambre et chambre