Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Eleusis (Elefsis) yog lub nroog thiab nroog hauv Western Attica, Tim Nkij teb chaws. Nws nyob thaj tsam li 18-20 km sab qaum teb hnub poob ntawm nruab nrab ntawm Athens ntawm sab qaum teb ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Gulf of Saranic. Eleusis yog lub chaw tswj hwm ntawm Western Attica thiab lub chaw lag luam loj.
Kev sib hais haum ntawm thaj av ntawm Eleusis niaj hnub muaj nyob hauv Neolithic era. Los ntawm nruab nrab ntawm 2 txhiab xyoo BC. Eleusis tau dhau los ua chaw ntseeg ntawm Demeter thiab Persephone, uas tau ua lub hauv paus rau qhov muaj npe nrov Eleusinian Mysteries, uas tau muaj nyob ntawm no txhua xyoo nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav thiab lub caij nplooj zeeg (Me thiab Zoo Tsis Paub Zoo) rau yuav luag ob txhiab xyoo. Qhov tsis paub Eleusinian, nyob hauv tim Nkij teb chaws puag thaum ub, tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws thiab qhov xwm txheej tseem ceeb ntawm txhua qhov kev coj noj coj ua zais cia uas muaj, coj Eleusinian lub koob meej mus rau ntiaj teb.
Xyoo 392, los ntawm kev txiav txim ntawm Roman tus huab tais Theodosius, uas nrhiav kev tshem tawm kev teev dab thiab ntxiv dag zog rau txoj haujlwm ntawm cov ntseeg Vajtswv, lub tuam tsev raug kaw, raug tso tseg thiab, vim li ntawd, tsis ntev los no plundered thiab puas tsuaj. Thawj qhov kev khawb av ntawm Eleusis thaum ub, uas yog keeb kwm thiab keeb kwm keeb kwm zoo, tau pib xyoo 1882 raws li kev pab los ntawm Greek Archaeological Society.
Thaum lub sijhawm tshawb nrhiav keeb kwm, ib feem ntawm txoj kev dawb huv uas coj los ntawm Athens mus rau Eleusis tau tshwm sim, nrog rau, raws li cov lus dab neeg, txoj kev taug txoj kev taug mus rau lub sijhawm Eleusinian Mysteries, lub tuam tsev tshwj xeeb rau tus vajtswv poj niam Demeter - Telesterion, tsa los ntawm cov neeg Greek qub nto moo kws kes duab vajtse Ictinus nyob rau xyoo pua 5 BC e. Cov ntu ntawm necropolis qub nrog tholos thiab megaron yos los ntawm 15th-13th centuries BC kuj tseem pom. e., thiab ntau lub tsev ntawm lub sijhawm Roman. Feem ntau ntawm cov khoom qub qub uas tau pom thaum lub sijhawm khawb hnub no nthuav tawm hauv Archaeological Museum of Eleusis.