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Treasure myth inspires Cypriots to dig into past
Reuters ^ | Fri Apr 14, 2006 | Michele Kambas

Posted on 04/14/2006 7:04:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

...residents of Tseri village in central Cyprus have begun excavating the 1,500-year-old tunnel and stairway. Antiquities officials say the stone structure is part of an ancient irrigation network. Residents romanticise, half jokingly, that it may lead to "Aphrodite's Golden Carriage" -- a euphemism for a hidden treasure dating from Roman times, between 58 BC and AD 330... Archaeologists date the structure to AD 500, which, by default, effectively debunks the Roman-era treasure theory. "Its just a cistern," says Pavlos Flourentzos, director of Cyprus's Department of Antiquities.

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1 posted on 04/14/2006 7:04:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 04/14/2006 7:04:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Khirokitia
Cyprus at a Glance | June 26, 2001 | staff
Posted on 12/25/2004 10:20:25 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1308479/posts

Kourion: The Monuments Of The City
Cytop Net | 1998 | staff
Posted on 12/25/2004 10:32:09 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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Helike, ancient Greek city swallowed by the sea
Destruction of Helike | October 17, 2000 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 07/03/2005 12:06:29 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
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3 posted on 04/14/2006 7:07:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Heard there was a wild digging spree at the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery to find the treasure of the Essenes, which was supposed to be substantial and include the gold and objects [including the Ark of the Covenant] from the Temple saved from the Roman destruction of Jerusalem.

King's Treasures were apparently big during the time of the Persian Kings, gold goblets full of rubies, etc.

4 posted on 04/14/2006 10:29:22 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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