Toumba

Toumba is a neighborhood on the eastern side of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is divided horizontally into Ano Toumba and Kato Toumba (Upper and Lower Toumba) by a flume, and it is part of 4th Division of Thessaloniki Municipality. Toumba has a good reputation in Thessaloniki, this is because, it is an expensive area to own a flat. Toumba has many different parks for kids which they can go and play at.

Etymology
The literal translation of the word "Toumba" has the same root as the Anglo-Saxon "Tomb" which relates to the Ancient Greek Tύμβος LSJ:Tumbos, which means a memorial burrying place for the honoured dead, usually a crypt in a small hill or a small building. (see Archaeological interest, below)

PAOK Thessaloniki Football Stadium
The Toumba neighborhood hosts the home stadium of PAOK Thessaloniki FC, which bears the same name, Toumba Stadium.

Archaeological interest
In the middle of Toumba there is the archeological site of an ancient settlement, discovered in 1895. It consists of a) of a steep-sided mound or tell ('Toumba' in Modern Greek) and b) a low table (Trapeza in Modern Greek) spreading around its base. Both toumba and table are the product of centuries of human habitation as debris layers built up with the passage of time. The Toumba was occupied principally during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (3000-700 BC, while the Table was occupied from the Early Iron Age through the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods (c 800-200 BC). This community might be identified as Ancient Therma or part of it. Therma, along with 25 other villages, was united by Cassander, in order to form Thessaloniki in 315 BC (Stravon VII 21 & 24). The excavations are still in progress, conducted by the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (on the Toumba) and the Greek Archaeological Service (on the Table). Both excavations have made and continue to make important contributions to understanding the nature of human activity in the prehistoric and early historic periods in Central Macedonia and the Thermaic Gulf.

This site must not be confused with the Early Iron Age site of Toumba at Lefkandi, on the island of Euboea, which is referred to in the article cited below in the External links.