Souskiou Cemetery

[Dominic]

Last spring we blogged about our visit to the abandoned village of Souskiou in the Diarizos Valley. We received numerous comments, some of which alluded to an ancient cemetery that lurked in the nearby hills. Well, this naturally piqued our curiosity, and we resolved to track them down. Over the next few months we made numerous excursions, and this is a summary of what we found...

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[2QuarterPints]

Considering how small the island actually is, it has an amazing number of archaeological sites. An archaeologist's dream.

[Yioula]

Thank you Dominic for putting together an interesting and informative blog and braving snake territory
Cyprus is so steeped in history there is something interesting somewhere for everyone.

[Dominic]

I shall pin my gold star to the wall of my man cave.

You would be amazed at how much you can sweat walking up and down a hill in under an hour in this heat. By the time I finished the last photo shoot I looked like I had been for a swim.

[Danny]

Considering how small the island actually is, it has an amazing number of archaeological sites. An archaeologist's dream.

I have often thought that, too. Same for geology.

[Dominic]

I was out chopping up the Yucca clippings to take down to the Green Point this morning. I had to change my clothes afterwards.

[Dominic]

Balls! I forgot Green Points were closed on Wednesday and Sunday.

Now I have to unload lots of yucca clippings again.

[Ams]

Very interesting, thanks Dominic. I've been to the cemetery a couple of times, but not to the settlement.

You have to go back to the cemetery in Feb/March and walk towards the edge of the ridge. It's full of wild flowers and, as you can imagine, so lush and green, making those views even more stunning.