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Just north of Paphos, up in the hills near the village
of Tala, is the monastery of Ayios Neofytos.
Neofytos is one of the main saints of the Cypriote church.
A hermit and an ascetic he carved out the original hermitage
out of the rock with his bare hands and is said to have
painted the murals within |
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Ayios
Neofytos. Rock cut hermitage |
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Ayios
Neofytos. Mural |
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The Chalcolithic village of Lemba-Lakkous
was excavated by Scottish archaeologists in the 1970's
and early 80's. The excavated houses have been used
as the basis for a reconstructed village that is the
subject of an ongoing study of patterns of use and decay.
The information gathered will be of tremendous importance
in the interpretation of future excavations. |
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Lemba.
The remains of the Chalcolithic village |
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Lemba.
Reconstructed Village |
Lemba.
Interior of one of the reconstructed houses |
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along the coast road is the small fishing village of
Ayios Georgios. Just offshore lies
the small island of Yeronisos where the remains of a
Neolithic settlement have been found and which is now
the subject of an interdisciplinary research project
aimed at recording its archaeological and environmental
history. |
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Ayios
Georgios |
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Ayios
Georgios. Fishing Boats |
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excavations at Yeronisos have unearthed evidence of
an ancient sanctuary, which may have been founded by
Cleopatra (the famous one) and dedicated to Apollo.
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Yeronisos |
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How
the hell did we get here? |
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Chrysochou
Bay |
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