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The map that sold Cyprus
This isn’t just a map of Cyprus. It’s THE map ... streams, villages, roads; ancient ruins and current sites of interest; land cover and administrative borders. In Nicosia and Limassol ...
"The first maritime archaeological park in Cyprus, the ancient harbor of Amathus, with integrated underwater and coastal trails, is now ready to welcome its first visitors," the Andikat project ...
Cyprus only had two species of megafauna present during the Late Pleistocene—the 500-kg dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), and the 130-kg dwarf hippo (Phanourios minor), but both species ...
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Reuters) - Cyprus has opened its first underwater archaeological park, offering visitors a glimpse of history at one of the eastern Mediterranean's best preserved ancient harbours.
The now-submerged harbour lying off the ancient city-kingdom of Amathus was constructed between 312/311 B.C. and 294 B.C., when Cyprus was the focus of conflict between two sucessors of Alexander ...