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passes under the stadium. After the construction of that building, probably under the Antonines, it was diverted to the south to join the earlier pipe line to the south-east of the stadium. An aqueduct would appear to have carried the water across the low saddle of land between the site of the stadium and the city situated on the bluff of Kourion overlooking the sea still further to the south-east. If this supposition is correct it is hoped that further excavations may disclose the foundations of this aqueduct near the modern road immediately to the west of the ancient city.
Other excavations during the period 1949-1950 include the following:
The Bronze Age
During building operations at Kalavasos the Department of Antiquities excavated eight tombs of the early Bronze Age. The contents included fine paste bead necklaces and hair ornaments in bronze. The Department dug also three tombs of the late Early Bronze Age in the prehistoric cemetery of Ayia Paraskevi. Notable among the finds was a wheel-made painted jug of a type common to Syria and Cilicia.
Early Iron Age
A building of excellent construction was excavated in part at Myrtou along with pottery ranging in date from the Mycenaean period to the eighth century B.C. The Ashmolean
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain