The excavations of the year 2002 in the southern necropolis of the ancient city of Phoenike brought to light very interesting data. This year the excavations were focused on three main areas. The first area to be excavated was S5, where a number of graves dating to Hellenistic and Roman period were discovered. The burial rituals were of cremation and inhumation. Gender has not yet been identified This year was noted the existence of other typologies of grave construction quite different from those discovered last year. Between them were distinguished mound shaped graves surrounded with stones, graves made by reused stele and massive graves. Graves with brick construction such as tomb number 13 were also discovered’. The tomb which took the number 27 bears distinctive characteristics. There was discovered the skeleton of an animal, which according to the authors of the excavations was a common ceremonial practise in the Hellenistic period.
The second part of the sondage was mostly of an observatory character. The identified graves were positioned in the general plan of the necropolis. In the last excavated zone, S6, a structure paved with slabs was discovered, which seems to have been a funerary building of the Roman period. The grave goods were mostly represented by pottery objects like pelikeS, lamps, lekythoI and different type of amphorae. An increase in glasswork, coins and decorations on metal objects also increased.