A team of Australian archaeologists started working at the city’s theater. Their main objective
is to place this Hellenistic-Roman theater within the general urban context.
Excavations have exposed a paved road, 8.5 meters wide,
immediately south of the theater which served to access the venue. Yet this
road also confirmed that the city of Paphos
was built according to the typical Hippodamian plan. About 30 granite columns,
the tallest of which reached seven meters have been found in the area, confirming
the importance of this road. The granite came from the Troad and was widely
used by the Romans all around the Mediterranean .
Said theater is considered as being
the oldest in Cyprus
and was continually used from about 300 BC until it was destroyed by the severe
earthquake that occurred in 365 AD. Right next to it a Nymphaeum from the 2nd
century AD has been located as well.
The Australian project is still on-going, so I do look forward to the next update.
The Australian project is still on-going, so I do look forward to the next update.
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