The ancient necropolis of Halki extended at the foot of the hill where the medieval settlement of Chorio was until the beach of Pontamos, outside Niborio. During the opening of the road in the 60s came to light chamber tombs carved into the rock, still visible today.
On the beach of Pontamos, nineteen graves were investigated by the Italians in 1931, in which important gifts were found, mainly red-figured Attic vases of the 4th century. BC. Among them it is worth mentioning a red-figured epinitro (an accessory for spinning wool), with depictions of women in everyday occupations, and a red-figured ryto with relief faces of Herakles and Silenus, which are currently in the Museum of Rhodes.
Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou