Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Limassol: Department recording of Hellenistic burial caves (2014)
2014 · Limassol
The Department of Antiquities' recording in May 2014 of three Hellenistic burial chambers exposed by a cave-roof collapse in Limassol, with seven skeletons and amphorae of the 2nd or 1st century BC.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Limassol (approx.)
The project
In May 2014 a cave roof collapsed during landscaping at Limassol and exposed three burial chambers, which the Department of Antiquities recorded1. The chambers held seven skeletons and amphorae dated to the 2nd or 1st century BC1. Yiannis Violaris, an archaeologist of the Department, commented on the discovery1.
Institutions
What was found
Periods
Further reading online
1 page- Hellenistic tomb in Cyprus (Archaeology magazine)archaeology.org · 19 May 2014
Related
Other fieldwork at Limassol · 6
- Limassol: the Commissioner's tomb digs of 18831883
- Limassol: Department of Antiquities rescues and the Police Station sanctuary (1950s)1953–1959
- Limassol: Department of Antiquities and Limassol Museum rescue excavations (1960–1974)1960–1974
- Limassol: Department of Antiquities and Limassol Museum rescue excavations (1976–1986)1976–1986
- Amathus: survey of the territory of the kingdom, 1988–19911988–1991
- Limassol: rescue excavation in Zig-Zag Street
References
- 1.2014, Hellenistic tomb in Cyprus, Archaeology magazine.