Hellenistic House

Hellenistic House
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The Hellenistic House is an excavated residential structure within the Paphos Archaeological Park in southwestern Cyprus, dating to the Ptolemaic period when Nea Paphos served as the island's capital. Built during the 2nd century BC under Egyptian Ptolemaic rule, the house is part of a UNESCO World Heritage complex inscribed in 1980 that encompasses sites spanning the 4th century BC to the Middle Ages. It represents the domestic architecture of Hellenistic Cyprus alongside the park's renowned Roman-era mosaics.

TypeMegalithic structures
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryCyprus
Coordinates34.7564° N, 32.4042° E

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