Archaeological Sites in Cyprus
City/town/settlement in Cyprus (27)
Aghios Epiktitos Vrysi
Aghios Epiktitos Vrysi, is an archaeological site in Cyprus that is located 9 km east of Kyrenia on a 9 to 10 m high cliff. The site consists of at least 15 houses on an area of…
Agios Georgios Hill, Nicosia
Agios Georgios Hill is an archaeological site in Nicosia, Cyprus. The site is rich and complex, spanning almost the entire history of Nicosia from the Chalcolithic through the…
Alampra
A Middle Bronze Age settlement (ca. 1900-1650 BC) in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, excavated by Cornell University between 1974 and 1985 under John E. Coleman. Finds include…
Alassa
Excavations at Alassa by Cypriot archaeologists in the early 1980s unearthed the ruins of a Bronze Age city. Among other findings were the remains of a palace, suggesting that the…
Amathus
Amathus or Amathous was an ancient city-kingdom of Cyprus. Remains of Amathus can be seen today on the southern coast near Agios Tychonas, about 6 miles east of Limassol and 24…
Apliki
Apliki was a copper mining region dating from the late 14th Century BC. Excavations show it to have been a smelter site, built on rocky terraces. Four houses were excavated, with…
Archaeological Site of Idalion
Ancient city-kingdom in modern Dali, Cyprus, founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC near the Troodos foothills. Idalion was a centre for worship of the Great Goddess…
Archaeological Site of Palaepaphos
Ancient city-kingdom at modern Kouklia, home to the principal Sanctuary of Aphrodite in the Aegean world, where pilgrims worshipped from the 12th century BC until the Roman ban on…
Archaeological Site of Tamassos
One of the ten ancient city-kingdoms of Cyprus, near modern Politiko, likely the Temese mentioned by Homer as the island's principal copper market. Two monumental 6th-century BC…
Engomi Ancient City Ruins
Enkomi is a 2nd millennium BC archaeological site on the eastern coast of Cyprus a short distance from the village of Enkomi. The site is known for the hundreds of rich tombs that…
Enkomi
Enkomi was a pivotal Late Bronze Age urban centre near Famagusta in eastern Cyprus, active from approximately 1650 to 1050 BC. The city served as a major copper smelting and…
Karpasia - Town
Karpasia (also Karpasion) was an ancient Cypriot city on the northern Karpas Peninsula, located 3 km from modern Rizokarpaso. According to tradition, it was founded by the…
Kastros
Kastros is an early Neolithic settlement in Cyprus. Kastros lies at the north-easternmost tip of the Karpas Peninsula, about 4 km north of Apostolos Andreas Monastery. The…
Khirokitia
Khirokitia (sometimes spelled Choirokoitia; Greek: Χοιροκοιτία [çiɾociˈti.a], suggested meaning Pig-cradle, from χοίρος 'pig, boar' + κοιτίς 'place of origin, cradle') is an…
Kition
Kition was an ancient city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus, in present-day Larnaca. Phoenicians from Tyre revived the city in the 9th century BC, making it the capital of…
Kokkinokremmos
Pyla-Kokkinokremos was a Late Bronze Age settlement on Cyprus. The settlement was abandoned after a short occupation period.
Kourion
Kourion (Ancient Greek: Koύριov; Latin: Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. In the fourth century, Kourion…
Lempa, Cyprus
A Chalcolithic settlement near Paphos, Cyprus, dating to c. 3500-2400 BC, excavated since 1976 by the University of Edinburgh. Excavations revealed seven mainly circular…
Maa Palaeokastro
Maa Palaeokastro was a Late Bronze Age settlement in southwest Cyprus, near the modern town of Pegeia. The settlement was occupied by Ancient Greeks from the late 13th century BC…
Marion, Cyprus
Marion was one of the ten city-kingdoms of ancient Cyprus, located near modern Polis in the northwest of the island. The city prospered from the Cypro-Archaic period onward,…
Marki Alonia
Marki Alonia is a prehistoric settlement in central Cyprus. Excavations were carried out at the site between 1990 and 2000 by David Frankel and Jennifer Webb of La Trobe…
Paphos
In classical antiquity, two locations were known as Paphos: Old Paphos in modern Kouklia and Nea Paphos, both of which were at various times the capital of the ancient city-state…
Paphos Archaeological Park
The park features four elaborate Roman villas -- the Houses of Dionysos, Aion, Theseus, and Orpheus -- renowned for their exceptional mosaic floors depicting scenes from Greek…
Salamis Ancient City
Salamis was the most important city-state of ancient Cyprus, traditionally founded around 1100 BC by Teucer, son of Telamon, after the Trojan War. Located on the east coast near…
Shillourokambos
Shillourokambos is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) site near Parekklisia, 6 km east of Limassol in southern Cyprus. It is located on a low plateau. Excavations began in 1992. The…
Soli, Cyprus
Soli (ancient Greek: Soloi) is an ancient city on the northwest coast of Cyprus in Morphou Bay, one of the island's ten city-kingdoms. Traditionally linked to the Athenian…
Tenta, Cyprus
Tenta (Kalavasos-Tenta) is an Aceramic Neolithic settlement in southern Cyprus, dating to approximately 8000 BC. Located near modern Kalavasos, it sits on a small natural hill in…
Residence/villa/farmhouse in Cyprus (6)
Early Roman House
The Early Roman House is a 1st-century AD residential structure within the Paphos Archaeological Park (Kato Pafos) in southwest Cyprus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980. It…
Hellenistic House
The Hellenistic House is an excavated residential structure within the Paphos Archaeological Park in southwestern Cyprus.
House of Aion
A large Roman villa in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus, renowned for its exceptional mid-4th century AD mosaic floor discovered by a Polish team led by Prof. Daszewski in…
House of Dionysus
A luxurious Roman villa in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus, built at the end of the 2nd century AD and destroyed by earthquakes in the early 4th century. Covering 2,000…
House of Orpheus
Villa of Theseus
The villa derives its name from a mosaic depicting Theseus and the Minotaur. It remained occupied until the 7th century AD.
Necropolis/tombs complex in Cyprus (4)
Archaeological Site of Makronissos & Ancient Tombs
The Archaeological Site of Makronissos is a significant necropolis located near Agia Napa, Cyprus, dating from the Hellenistic to Roman periods. The site comprises nineteen…
Archaeological Site of the Tombs of the Kings
Large Hellenistic-Roman necropolis 2 km north of Paphos harbour, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1980. Despite the name, the underground rock-cut tombs housed…
Lefkaritis Tomb
The Lefkaritis Tomb is a hypogeum (a type of tomb) in Larnaca, Cyprus. It was discovered in 1998 in an "un-looted chamber that had been sealed nearly 2800 years ago" in the…
Tombs of the Kings, Paphos
A large Hellenistic and Roman necropolis about 2 km north of Paphos harbour in western Cyprus, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The tombs held aristocrats and high…
Theatre in Cyprus (3)
Hellenistic-Roman Theatre
The ancient theatre of Nea Paphos in Cyprus stands in a town that was the capital of Cyprus under the Ptolemaic and Roman administrations. Excavations at the site show…
Roman Odeon
A 2nd-century AD Roman odeon within the Paphos Archaeological Park in southwest Cyprus, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1980. Built into the side of Fabrica…
Κourion Ancient Amphitheatre
Greco-Roman theatre built in the late 2nd century BC in the ancient city-kingdom of Kourion on Cyprus's southwestern coast. It seated up to 3,500 spectators. In the early 3rd…
Sanctuary in Cyprus (2)
Mersinaki
Mersinaki is an ancient place located near the shore, between Vouni and Soli, in Cyprus. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, led by Einar Gjerstad, excavated Mersinaki during the year…
Yeronisos
A tiny 2.6-hectare island off the west coast of Cyprus near Pegeia, uninhabited since the 15th century but of major archaeological significance. Three occupation periods have been…
Temple complex in Cyprus (2)
Asklepieion - Pathos
A Roman-era healing sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius within the UNESCO-listed Paphos Archaeological Park in southwestern Cyprus. Built in the 2nd century AD as part of the civic…
The Sanctuary & Temple of Apollo Hylates
Hylates was a god worshipped on the island of Cyprus who was later likened to the Greek god Apollo. An important sanctuary was located in Kourion. The sanctuary is located about…
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