Archaeologists working on the Paphos Agora Project (PAP) have made an unexpected discovery of several skeletal burials dug into earlier structures, the Department of Antiquities said on Thursday....
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"Unexpected" discovery of skeletal burials at Paphos Agora excavations
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Re: "Unexpected" discovery of skeletal burials at Paphos Agora excavations
You can view the area on Google Street View thanks to Paphos Life!
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7601246 ... 080!8i3040
We are putting together a new section on the Archaeological Park, which includes a virtual tour of the entire site. We also uploaded the imagery to Google Street View which is what you are seeing here. The virtual tour has a navigation menu and other goodies, but you will have to wait a week or two for that...
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7601246 ... 080!8i3040
We are putting together a new section on the Archaeological Park, which includes a virtual tour of the entire site. We also uploaded the imagery to Google Street View which is what you are seeing here. The virtual tour has a navigation menu and other goodies, but you will have to wait a week or two for that...
Web Designer / Developer. Currently working on Paphos Life.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Re: "Unexpected" discovery of skeletal burials at Paphos Agora excavations
Fantastic Dominic - I've never visited that area, so now on my bucket-list
Re: "Unexpected" discovery of skeletal burials at Paphos Agora excavations
Oh you will like the full tour then. There is a lot of the Archaeological Park that I think most people don't see.
Web Designer / Developer. Currently working on Paphos Life.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Re: "Unexpected" discovery of skeletal burials at Paphos Agora excavations
Yes, the Archaeological Park is a huge site and I have seen most of it, including areas which most visitors wouldn't see. So much of the older part ofPaphos is built over ancient archaeological remains. While much of the old town is built over ancient tombs.
There will be still more of ancient Paphos to be excavated when time and the funds needed are both available,
Most of the excavation team members who come to Paphos in their holiday periods are archaeology students, plus post graduates and their professors from a number of European Universities plus the University of Sydney, whose successive students and staff have been working on the Paphos theatre for a number of years. All students gain valuable practical knowledge of excavations while working here.
Dee
There will be still more of ancient Paphos to be excavated when time and the funds needed are both available,
Most of the excavation team members who come to Paphos in their holiday periods are archaeology students, plus post graduates and their professors from a number of European Universities plus the University of Sydney, whose successive students and staff have been working on the Paphos theatre for a number of years. All students gain valuable practical knowledge of excavations while working here.
Dee
