In Classical Athens the cemeteries lay outside the city walls. The type of burial was used was very much a matter of personal or family preference. As in previous periods, inhumation and cremation were most common, with the number of cremation tombs increasing significantly during the fourth century B.C. Rituals and grave-offerings did not differ greatly from those of the Archaic period.

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