Rich finds at Bronze Age settlement

[Klingan]

Here's some news (through the Cyprus mail) on the excavations I participated in this spring.

 

EXCAVATIONS of the late Bronze Age settlement at Dromolaxia Vizatzia (Hala Sultan Tekke) have unearthed a rich array of imported and local bronze and pottery artefacts.

 

The finds at the ancient city which were carried out in May by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, under the direction of Professor Peter M. Fischer, witness the central role Cyprus played during the Late Bronze Age, the Antiquities Department said in an announcement on Friday.

 

The ancient city was inhabited during the Late Bronze Age, which dates roughly to 1600-1100 BC. The city was once as large as 25 hectares making it one of the largest ancient cities of the period on the island.

 

This year's excavations exposed only 10m times 10m of the site, with nine rooms exposed so far. The city was built in two phases: one in the 13th/12th century BC and the other some hundreds years earlier.

 

Read more here.

[Melvadius]

Here's some news (through the Cyprus mail) on the excavations I participated in this spring.

 

 

Sorry I missed this article when you first posted it, it looks like you made some significant discoveries with the possibility based on the GPR results of more to come.

 

It is nice to see a site you've worked on appear in the press.