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Surroundings:

Kition, Figurine of Zeus Keraunos as a god of the thunderstormKition, Figurine of Zeus Keraunos as a god of the thunderstormKition, Figurine of Zeus Keraunos as a god of the thunderstormKition, Figurine of Zeus Keraunos as a god of the thunderstormKition, Relief of king Sargon IILarnaca Assos, Portrait of an athleteKition, Statue of the god DionysosLarnaca, Icon of St GeorgeKition, Figurines under Egyptian influenceLarnaca, Capital under Egyptian influenceKition, Head of a bearded Assyrian manLarnaca, Statuette of a womanKition, Statue of a manKition, Mycenaean phi statuetteKition, Statue of a youthRelief of Sargon II from KitionKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, AltarKition, Western structureKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, Area anchorKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1Kition, Remains of temple 3, AreaKition, North areaKition, Remains of temple 2Kition, Remains of temple 1

Location:

  • Cyprus, Dhromolaxia
  • geo:34.886703,33.604156
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1200 / -800

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=44430

Annotations

The Late Bronze Age Dromolaxia - Vyzakia town settled ca 1600 BC was a flourishing coastal settlement during the XIII-XII centuries BC.  It was not only harbour trade centre but als an important crafts centre.

See:

  1. Paul Åström: Hala Sultan Tekke — an international harbor town of the Late Cypriote Bronze Age, Preliminary results. With appendices by P. Klingborg, F. and F. Kärfve, C. Hagberg, O. Svensson, S. Macheridis and L. Franz,  Opuscula Atheniensia (1986), pp. 7-17
  2. Peter Fischer: The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2010 Excavations at Dromolaxia Vizatzia/Hala Sultan Tekke, Opuscula 4, 2011, pp. 69-97
  3. Peter M. Fischer; SIMA and the New Swedish Cyprus Expedition at Hala Sultan Tekke, SIMA CXXXVII, 2012,  pp. 73-80
  4. Iosif T. Hafez, Giusi Sorrentino, Marina Faka, Cartmen Cuenca-García, Christina Makarona,  Andreas Charalambous, Karib Nys,Sorin Hermon: Geochemical survey of soil samples from the archaeological site Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Cyprus) in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Vol. 11, February 2017, pp. 447-462 - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16308343?via%3Dihub
  5. Bryan Feuer, Mycenaean Civilization: An Annotated Bibliography through 2002, , rev. ed. McFarland 2004

Relevant museums

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum

Cyprus Museum in Nicosia

Lefkosia. Archeological museum

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.

Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

Hala Sultan Tekke

Tomb of Umm Haram

Larnaca, St Lazarus Church (3 km)

Church of Saint Lazarus. Early Christian church.

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum (3 km)

Saint Lazaros Byzantine Museum


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