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Anavargos: rescue of an unlooted Hellenistic tomb (1989)

1989 · Anavargos

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Where the work took place

  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

  1. 1Anavargos (approx.)
Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

Institutions

Seasons

1 season
  1. 19891989

    Undisturbed Hellenistic tomb with sixteen burials; six intact Rhodian amphorae; vessels with offerings (eggs, a bird, animal remains); wooden planks and cords showing wooden coffins and shrouds.

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What was found

Periods

Features and finds

sixteen burials; six intact Rhodian amphorae; remains of wooden planks.

Tombs

Anavargos tomb (P.M. 3072)

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Related

Sources

  1. 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1989, p. 951.

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