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Cypriot towards the Near East and Egypt having come to an end, it never rose again from its ruins.
There was then, on the site of the once so active city, only a series of poor installations from the beginning of l'Age du Fer. Elle s'éteignit à son [handwritten: contour], à en juger d'après the present state of our information, before the end of the 11th century.
Our means having been reduced by half following the devaluation of our currency against the pound, we have had to concentrate our excavations in the area of the rampart located last year at the southern periphery of the town. In addition, we were able to continue clearing the northern quarter where our soundings had revealed the existence of fairly extensive buildings in ashlar. At both locations our investigations were crowned with success.
The enceinte proved to be a remarkable work which makes it possible for the first time to study the defensive system adopted by the Mycenaeans to protect their positions in the island. It is indeed a enceinte of the Cyclopean type reaching 3m 50 in thickness, founded on blocks of vacuolar limestone, some of which are truly colossal, measuring 3m 50 in length by 1m 50 in height and as much in thickness. The transport and handling of materials of such weight represent a considerable effort and presuppose the organisation of trained and well-directed teams.
The blocks of the outer face are all set upright vertically on edge like orthostates and carefully wedged by smaller wedge-shaped stones. They
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