Yeronissos Island new discovery + lovely video
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:49 pm
I posted several times about excavations at Yeronissos Island in the past, mentioning the old roman harbour and more. New amazing findings came to light recently. Article translated from PaphosPress and a video attached with lovely views from the area.
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Geronissos ... the tiny island of the Mediterranean with the great archaeological treasure. A unique historical site of Cyprus, with nearly 5000 years of human presence. It has been characterized by archaeologists as a "capsule of time" !!!
From the findings of archaeological excavations so far, Geronissos or Sacred Island remained a sacred place for Cypriots from the Chalcolithic to the Hellenistic and Byzantine period and was a favorite destination for pilgrims.
The first excavations in Geronissos began in 1982 by Sophocles Hadjisavvas, on the occasion of the application for permission, to the relevant state departments, for the construction of a casino hotel by a company active in the tourism sector. Its archaeological excavation brought to light ruins of the Hellenistic period, which ceased all the efforts of building the island. In 1990, Professor of Classics at New York University Joan Breton Connely learned about the project and was impressed by the range of material. Since then she has been carrying on her great archaeological work with her team, showing particular sensitivity to Geronisos' unique ecological character.
Recently the archaeological excavation of the University of New York brought to light a small temple of Ionic style, which was at the edge of the cliff at the westernmost point of the island. It was erected on an elevated base of painted and painted walls to give the impression of a marble building.
According to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus the building had a central door framed by two built-in Ionic columns, which supported an Ionic architrave with a horizontal cornice. The ceiling of the temple was a steeply sloping with pedimental edges on the two narrow sides. Also, the excavations at Geronissos brought to light a number of shells and inscriptions within the sanctuary that date back to the end of Ptolemaic domination in Cyprus. The foundations of the ancient temple suggest that the foundation of the building was designed with great precision. The distance between the building lines is equivalent to 8.48 meters, a dimension corresponding to sixteen units of 0.530 meters, which corresponds to the Egyptian Arsin measure. This new discovery points out that the measurement measure used in Geronissos was Ptolemaic Egyptian.
The photo shows the point on the island where the archaeological excavation of the University of New York brought to light an ancient temple of Ionic order. Photo by New York University
Connely believes this could be the point where Queen of Egypt Cleopatra built a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo to please the god and celebrate the birth of her child, Caesar, with Julius Caesar. Connelly continues the archaeological excavations and looks for evidence to support this theory.
Almost all objects found in the site, coins, clay pots, amulets, glass finds, inscriptions and other unique architectural remains can be found, he says, in Alexandria, Egypt, and many other findings show the ritual activity and cult of Apollo. "Someone threw a ton of money in this place," Connely says in an interview given at departure.com, titled Cleopatra's Secret. Adding that Cleopatra was the only one who had resources to build on an island surrounded by seventy-foot cliffs.
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" During the early Byzantine period, the Geronissos Christian Basilica was built in the completion of the other three that were built in Agios Georgios of Peyia, on the opposite side. The excavations at the University of New York have shown that the island may have been considered sacred since prehistoric times, since in the Early Chalcolithic period (about 3,800 BC) a number of stone tools, a statue of a woman and a bead .
To the east of the residential part of the pilgrim's complex, 4 large piths were placed in series. It is likely that these piths would collect the rain water flowing from the roof of the building, since water was a particularly valuable commodity on the island that did not have natural springs or wells.
During the early Byzantine period in Geronissos an extensive scale of lithographed stone carved in the Hellenistic period was carried out. Undoubtedly these stones were used as building material for the construction of the three Christian basilicas in Saint George Peyia, across the land.
In the 1st century BC , Joan Breton Connely assumes that the families brought the boys to Geronissos to participate in special ritual stages of maturation. A circular platform possibly revealed to serve as a dance platform while inscribed shells found to be witnesses "
Max
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Geronissos ... the tiny island of the Mediterranean with the great archaeological treasure. A unique historical site of Cyprus, with nearly 5000 years of human presence. It has been characterized by archaeologists as a "capsule of time" !!!
From the findings of archaeological excavations so far, Geronissos or Sacred Island remained a sacred place for Cypriots from the Chalcolithic to the Hellenistic and Byzantine period and was a favorite destination for pilgrims.
The first excavations in Geronissos began in 1982 by Sophocles Hadjisavvas, on the occasion of the application for permission, to the relevant state departments, for the construction of a casino hotel by a company active in the tourism sector. Its archaeological excavation brought to light ruins of the Hellenistic period, which ceased all the efforts of building the island. In 1990, Professor of Classics at New York University Joan Breton Connely learned about the project and was impressed by the range of material. Since then she has been carrying on her great archaeological work with her team, showing particular sensitivity to Geronisos' unique ecological character.
Recently the archaeological excavation of the University of New York brought to light a small temple of Ionic style, which was at the edge of the cliff at the westernmost point of the island. It was erected on an elevated base of painted and painted walls to give the impression of a marble building.
According to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus the building had a central door framed by two built-in Ionic columns, which supported an Ionic architrave with a horizontal cornice. The ceiling of the temple was a steeply sloping with pedimental edges on the two narrow sides. Also, the excavations at Geronissos brought to light a number of shells and inscriptions within the sanctuary that date back to the end of Ptolemaic domination in Cyprus. The foundations of the ancient temple suggest that the foundation of the building was designed with great precision. The distance between the building lines is equivalent to 8.48 meters, a dimension corresponding to sixteen units of 0.530 meters, which corresponds to the Egyptian Arsin measure. This new discovery points out that the measurement measure used in Geronissos was Ptolemaic Egyptian.
The photo shows the point on the island where the archaeological excavation of the University of New York brought to light an ancient temple of Ionic order. Photo by New York University
Connely believes this could be the point where Queen of Egypt Cleopatra built a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo to please the god and celebrate the birth of her child, Caesar, with Julius Caesar. Connelly continues the archaeological excavations and looks for evidence to support this theory.
Almost all objects found in the site, coins, clay pots, amulets, glass finds, inscriptions and other unique architectural remains can be found, he says, in Alexandria, Egypt, and many other findings show the ritual activity and cult of Apollo. "Someone threw a ton of money in this place," Connely says in an interview given at departure.com, titled Cleopatra's Secret. Adding that Cleopatra was the only one who had resources to build on an island surrounded by seventy-foot cliffs.
Photo via skyview.com.cy
" During the early Byzantine period, the Geronissos Christian Basilica was built in the completion of the other three that were built in Agios Georgios of Peyia, on the opposite side. The excavations at the University of New York have shown that the island may have been considered sacred since prehistoric times, since in the Early Chalcolithic period (about 3,800 BC) a number of stone tools, a statue of a woman and a bead .
To the east of the residential part of the pilgrim's complex, 4 large piths were placed in series. It is likely that these piths would collect the rain water flowing from the roof of the building, since water was a particularly valuable commodity on the island that did not have natural springs or wells.
During the early Byzantine period in Geronissos an extensive scale of lithographed stone carved in the Hellenistic period was carried out. Undoubtedly these stones were used as building material for the construction of the three Christian basilicas in Saint George Peyia, across the land.
In the 1st century BC , Joan Breton Connely assumes that the families brought the boys to Geronissos to participate in special ritual stages of maturation. A circular platform possibly revealed to serve as a dance platform while inscribed shells found to be witnesses "
Max
I hope you watched the video as it is very high quality showing one of our nicest areas we have at the entrance of the Akamas.
