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.

1 Etymology
2 PAOK Thessaloniki Football Stadium
3 Archaeological interest
4 See also
5 External links

[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 LSJ:Tumbos, 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 Thessaloniki Football Stadium

The Toumba neighborhood hosts the home stadium of PAOK Thessaloniki 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.

This site should not be confused with the Early Iron Age site at Lefkandi, on the island of Euboea, which is referred to in the article cited below in the External links.