Eight kilometres to the southeast of Serres, an ancient cemetery, or necropolis, discovered here unearthed some interesting finds when it was the subject of an archaeological dig in 1987. Further excavations in 2005 unearthed gold wreaths, pottery, coins, jewellery and the headless statue of a rider, most dating to the Hellenistic and Roman eras after 500 BC. These later archaeologists claim to have found the ancient city of Verge.
