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In the agora there are marble columns decorated with spirals and a huge paved squares. On the coastal side of the city there is an Early Christian basilica with mosaic floors decorated with semi-precious stones. Further, near the terraced road leading to the Temple, situated on the top of the cliff,
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A. Binggeli, 'Anastasius of Sinai' in D. Thomas (ed.) et al., Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 1 (600-900). Brill 2009, pp. 193-202; K.H. Uthemann, 'Anastasius the Sinaite' in A. Di Berardino, Patrology: the Eastern fathers from the Council of Chalcedon (451) to John of
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Baurain, C. 1984. Réflexions sur les origines d’Amathonte d’après les sources littéraires, in P. Aupert and M.- C. Hellmann (eds) Amathonte I. Testimonia 1. Auteurs ancients, Monnayage, Voyageurs, Fouilles, Origines, Géographie: 109–117. Paris: École Française d’Athènes/Éditions Recherche sur les
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Otherwise, the same burial customs were observed in most of the tombs. Many were reused multiple times, in which case the burial gifts were pushed into the corner of the tomb. Later, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Amathus was once again used for burial. These burials did not damage or
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Agelarakis A., Kanta A., and N. Ch. Stampolidis, “The Osseous Record in the Western Necropolis of Amathous: an Archaeo-Anthropological Investigation”, Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus-Dodecanese-Crete 16th-6th c. B.C., Proceedings of the International Symposium: The Eastern Mediterranean,
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Agelarakis A., “The Amathous (tophet) cremations in Cyprus”, In D. Christou on “Human Cremations at the Western Necropolis of Amathous” <Cremations in Bronze and Early Iron Age>, Proceedings of Int. Symposium. Ministries of the Aegean and of Culture, Greece, 2001:
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From the 4th century BC the pedestals of two sculptures donated by the last Basileus of Amathous, Androkles, representing his two sons, Orestheus and Andragoras, have survived. Their inscriptions are in both Eteocyprian and Greek languages.
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several houses built in a row dating to the Hellenistic period have been discovered. At the east and west extremes of the city the two acropoleis are situated where a number of tombs have been found, many of which are intact.
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Two small sanctuaries, with terracotta votive offerings of Graeco-Phoenician age, lie not far off, but the location of the great shrines of Adonis and Aphrodite have not been identified (M. Ohnefalsch-Richter,
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A Roman temple was built in the 1st century AD on top of the Hellenistic predecessor. The temple facilities remained so important in Roman times that 'Amathusia' was used as a synonym for 'Cypriot'.
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illustrated two of the tombs from the old excavations that were still possible to visit. The necropolis had partly been excavated by the English Expedition to Cyprus in 1893-94 and published in
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in 1867. It is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 14 tons. It was made from a single piece of stone and has four curved handles carved with bulls. In the 1870s,
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The city had vanished, except for fragments of wall and of a great stone urn on the acropolis, dating from the 6th century BC of which a similar vessel was taken to the
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abandoned Ariadne at Amathousa, where she died giving birth to her child and was buried in a sacred tomb. According to Plutarch's source, Amathousians called the
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Further archaeological objects found during the excavations are preserved at both the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia and the Limassol District Archaeological Museum.
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took place, in which athletes competed in hunting wild boars during sport competitions; they also competed in dancing and singing, all to the honour of Adonis.
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in which a burnt skeleton was found. Around the rim of the alabastron a wreath of gilded myrtle leaves was placed. The excavator thought it might have been a
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Amathus was a rich and densely populated kingdom with a flourishing agriculture (grain and sheep) and copper mines situated very close to the northeast
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alternate the earlier tombs since they were usually somewhere in the upper layers. The tombs are dated from the Cypro-Geometric I to the Roman period.
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Giorgos Papantoniou: Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus. From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos, Brill, 2012, S. 221.
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Amathus was built on the coastal cliffs with a natural harbour and flourished at an early date, soon requiring several cemeteries. Greeks from
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to be used for new constructions. Much later, in 1869, a great number of blocks of stone from Amathus were used for the construction of the
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in 500-494 BC, when Amathus was besieged unsuccessfully and avenged itself by the capture and execution of Onesilos. Herodotus reports
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Knowledge (XXG) article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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The Swedish Cyprus Expedition Publications Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. II. Text
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Archaeological work has recently been continued at the site and many finds are exhibited in the Limassol Museum.
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left their pottery at Amathus from the 10th century BC. During the post-Phoenician era of the 8th century BC, a
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Later, in the 4th century AD, Amasus became the see of a Christian bishop and continued to flourish until the
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A new settlement close to Amathus but further inland, Agios Tychonas, is named after the bishop Saint
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in 787. In the late 6th century, Saint Ioannis Eleimonas (John the Charitable), protector of the
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In the Roman era Amathus became the capital of one of the four administrative regions of Cyprus.
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in Roman poetry often means little more than "Cypriote," but attesting to the fame of the city.
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M. Iacovou, "Amathous, an early Iron Age polity in Cyprus: the chronology of its foundation",
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in 1191. The tombs were plundered and the stones from the beautiful edifices were brought to
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until about 300 BC. Some of its remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of
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Bichrome III Plate.From tomb 19, Amathus. ca. 1050–850 B.C. Can be seen at Medelhavsmuseet.
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Feeding bottle from tomb 9, Amathus. Ca. 600-475 B.C. Can be seen at Medelhavsmuseet.
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by the Catholic Church, which however, in line with the practice adopted after the
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official who died in Amathus and was buried according to a foreign burial custom.
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of Theseus (20.3-.5), citing the lost text of an obscure Amathusan mythographer,
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and is also listed (under the name "Amathus in Cypro", to distinguish it from "
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Fish, polychromic terracotta, 5th century BCE, found in Amathus, depicting a
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was erected and a port was also constructed, which served the trade with the
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of Amathus, as elsewhere in Cyprus, enriching the early collections of the
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Cyprus-Dodecanese-Crete 16th-6th c. B.C., Rethymnon, Crete, 1998: 217-232
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The earliest remains hitherto found on the site are tombs of the early
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Aupert, Pierre (November 1997). "Amathus during the First Iron Age".
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the city resisted annexation, and was bound over to give hostages to
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sympathies, for it was its refusal to join the philhellene league of
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found in Amathus integrates Greek, Eteocypriot and Oriental features
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The decline of Amathus is often measured by the Ptolemaic gifts to
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influences (1000-600 BC). Amathus is sometimes identified with
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myth would have Amathus settled instead by one of the sons of
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Amphora from tomb 52, Amathus, 6th century BC, British Museum
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where her shrine was situated the Wood of Aphrodite Ariadne.
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was the second most important in Cyprus, her homeland, after
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A coin of king Lysandros (𐠓𐠨𐠰𐠦 – lu-sa-do-ro) of Amathus
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of Salamis was similarly opposed by Amathus, allied with
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It was said in antiquity that the people of Amathus were
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Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques
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Amathus declined and was already almost deserted when
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and continued to be used down to the 4th century BC.
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The pre-history of Amathus survives in both myth and
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Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus
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of bees in the carcase, familiar from the legend of
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in-situ copy of massive stone vase (original in the
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a machine-translated version of the German article.
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Amathus is located in Cyprus
Cyprus
Limassol District
34°42′45″N 33°08′30″E / 34.71250°N 33.14167°E / 34.71250; 33.14167
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Ἀμαθοῦς
Cyprus
Agios Tychonas
Larnaca
Limassol
Aphrodite
Paphos

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Iron Age

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