Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities

Dhali to Lympia: Department salvage excavations

Name: Dhali to Lympia: Department salvage excavations
Start: 1988
End: 1992

1988–1992 · Lympia

Department of Antiquities salvage excavation during water-pipe laying on the road from Dhali to Limpia, where Maria Hadjicosti uncovered extensive Hellenistic structures in 1992.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Lympia (approx.)

Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

The project

In 1992 Maria Hadjicosti uncovered extensive Hellenistic structures at Lympia in a salvage excavation for the Department of Antiquities¹. The salvage excavation was in connection with the laying of water pipes under the main road from Dhali to Limpia¹. Pamela Gaber identifies the structures as evidently belonging to the "Lower City" during the floruit of the gypsum-faced administrative complex¹.

Directors and team

Team

Maria Hadjicosti

Institutions

Department of Antiquities of CyprusSponsor

Other fieldwork at Lympia · 2

References

1.Pamela Gaber, 2008, The History of History: Excavations at Idalion and the Changing History of a City-Kingdom, Near Eastern Archaeology 71.