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Cyprus : Top 10 Prehistoric and Ancient Sites

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1. Amathous

Founded around 1000 BC, Amathous flourished under the Romans and Byzantines (see Ancient Amathous).
2. Kourion

This clifftop city is at least 3,300 years old, but the site may have been occupied even earlier (see Kourion).
3. Palaia Pafos

Archaeologists have found Chalkolithic idols here from the 4th century BC.
4. Chirokitia

Stone “beehive huts” (tholoi ) and graves show that this settlement was home to as many as 2,000 people as early as 6800 BC (see Chirokitia Neolithic Settlement).
5. Kalavassos

A Neolithic roundhouse, beehive huts and a protective wall have been excavated here (see Kalavassos).
6. Kition

The best preserved ancient Phoenician settlement in Cyprus has a shrine of Astarte, the Asiatic fertility goddess (see Kition).
7. Lempa

This 5,500-year-old Neolithic village has been painstakingly reconstructed by archaeologists (see Lempa Neolithic Village).
8. Tamassos

This site was known for its copper mines (see Tamassos).
9. Idalion

Massive walls guard this hillside Bronze Age site, where archaeologists have unearthed statues of Aphrodite (see Ancient Idalion).
10. Makronissos Tombs

Tombs hollowed into the hillside date from the Neolithic era (see Makronissos Tombs).