From the patios in front of our hotel we look out across the bay – ahead is the Mediterranean Sea; to the right is Karst Point, which I explored on my first morning here; to the left is a steep-shored peninsula housing the grounds of the Mycenaean colonization of Cyprus, or so says the map. Today we strolled over there, paid a small entrance fee to the sleepy gate clerk – I suspect we may have been his only visitors this week – and explored the small museum.
It is truly remarkable to be walking among the foundations of homes built over 3,000 years ago, still evident – and marking the location of the first Mycenaean Greek colonists on the island of Cyprus, around 1,200 BC.
The museum itself was an interesting structure – circular, subterranean, with a domed roof, containing only a dozen wall panels explaining the history of this site.
Cyprus was already an important location across the ancient Mediterranean, notably for its export of Copper during the Bronze age (copper being an important ingredient in bronze). An interesting place to spend an hour! See the gallery for a few more.
David Kotz 