Travel in the time machine to discover the ancient Ibiza.


This cemetery, located on a small hill about 500 m west of the ancient city of Ibiza, was established in the 7th century BC, together with the first Phoenician settlement on the island. By then, people who died would be burned and their ashes be stored in graves excavated in the earth or carved in the rock. The Punic settlers, 100 years later, introduced another rite, the burial, which consisted in burying the deceased in the hypogeum without incinerating them. In the theatrical visit we were able to see a live ritual, with a priest, the mourners and the family accompanying the deceased. We also traveled to the Roman period and there we all participated in a funeral banquet, the ‘silicon’. Then came the time to speak of barbarians, Byzantines and Muslims, who continued to bury their dead in this necropolis until 1235, when the Catalan conquered the island. Over the centuries, Puig des Molins was given other uses. In the sixteenth century it was thought to be used as a quarry to build the wall. At the beginning of the 20th century, the peasants used this land to grow cereal and fruit trees. It was then, in 1903, when the Ebusian Archaeological Society began the first archaeological excavations. Then the monographic museum was built, a project devised in the 1930s and finally realised in the 1960s.
Until recently, it was a place of play and fun for children and grown-ups alike who would sneak in their hipogeos in search of exciting adventures. Adventures as such that you will have the occasion to revive now with these theatrical visits or the experimental archeology workshops for the young ones, beginning at Easter. You can consult the agenda of activities of the museum and the necropolis of Puig des Molins here: www.maef.es
USEFUL INFORMATION
Place: Monographic Museum of Puig des Molins (Via Romana 31, Ibiza)
Hours: 12:00
Duration: 1.30 hrs approx.
Number of places: 25 approx. (With prior reservation)
It’s free
Information and reservations: Tel. +34 971 399232
Story Told By Maite Alvite