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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Cyprus at a Glance | June 26, 2001 | staff
Posted on 12/25/2004 10:20:25 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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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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King's Treasures were apparently big during the time of the Persian Kings, gold goblets full of rubies, etc.
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