Kerameikos is probably the least famous of the archaeological sites in Athens. The ruins here are not the symbol of the ancient democracy, but they simply tell of a side of Athens far from public affairs, this was in fact the district of the ceramic workers and terracotta artists as testified by the many artefacts uncovered during the excavations. The city’s largest cemetery also used to be here, the place where the members of the richest and most illustrious families in Athens were buried with tombs decorated by statues and gravestones dating back to the 6th century BC. Many of the gravestones and statues are kept in the National Museum and the museum at the entrance of the archaeological area, yet some remain on site amongst the trees creating an even more suggestive aura.