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In many wars, huge numbers of soldiers have died without their remains being identified. In modern times the practice developed for nations to have a symbolic '''Tomb of the Unknown Soldier''' that represented the war grave of those unidentified soldiers. They usually contain the remains of a dead soldier who is unidentified (or "known but to God" as the stone is sometimes inscribed), and is thought to be impossible to ever identify. Much work goes into trying to find a certain soldier, and to verify that it is indeed one of the relevant nation's soldiers.

Perhaps the first memorial of this kind in the world is the [[1849]] ''Landsoldaten'' ("Foot Soldiers") monument of the First war of Schleswig in Fredericia, Denmark. Another early memorial of this kind is the [[1866]] memorial to the unknown dead of the American Civil War.

Although monuments have been built as recently as [[1982]] in the case of Iraq, it is unlikely that any further ones will be constructed. Advances in DNA technology mean that even the tiniest fragment of bone is usually identifiable.

==Greece==
In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]]. A slain ancient warrior is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army. An honorary guard of [[Evzones]] is posted at the site.

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	A slain ancient warrior, sculpted by Fokion Rock, is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with a segment of [[Pericles]]' tribute to the dead of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army since [[1821]] are also inscribed on the monument. An honorary guard of two [[Evzones]] is always posted at the site.		A slain ancient warrior, sculpted by Fokion Rock, is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with a segment of [[Pericles]]' tribute to the dead of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army since [[1821]] are also inscribed on the monument. An honorary guard of two [[Evzones]] is always posted at the site.
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-In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]] in front of the Parliament building on Amalia Avenue.
+In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]] in front of the [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] building on Amalia Avenue.
 The monument is actually a cenotaph, the work of architect Emmanouil Lazaridis.
 A slain ancient warrior, sculpted by Fokion Rock, is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with a segment of [[Pericles]]' tribute to the dead of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army since [[1821]] are also inscribed on the monument. An honorary guard of two [[Evzones]] is always posted at the site.

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-In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]] in front of the Parliament building.
+In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]] in front of the Parliament building on Amalia Avenue.
-A slain ancient warrior is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with a segment of [[Pericles]]' tribute to the dead of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army also are also inscribed on the monument. An honorary guard of two [[Evzones]] is always posted at the site.

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−	In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]]. A slain ancient warrior is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army. An honorary guard of [[Evzones]] is posted at the site.	+	In [[Greece]] the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is in [[Syntagma Square]] (Constitution Square), [[Athens]] in front of the Parliament building.
		+	A slain ancient warrior is depicted on the monument which is inscribed with a segment of [[Pericles]]' tribute to the dead of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The names of places where battles have been fought by the Greek Army also are also inscribed on the monument. An honorary guard of two [[Evzones]] is always posted at the site.