2008 Excavation Results -- Pyrgos Mavroraki [Advanced Technology In Bronze Age Cyprus]

Maria Rosaria Belgiorno Project ^ | January 2009 | Antonio de Strobel (?)

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A second building was discovered and brought to light in 2008 South to the industrial area. This is a unique construction, consisting of two rooms arranged in a triangular area. As the nearby building it was probably destroyed by the earthquake and abandoned in 1800 BC circa... The room is rectangular, tapered toward southeast to follow the triangular shape of the complex. It is divided into two areas: the north is covered, the south unroofed. The North keeps intact the lying of the collapse of structures at the time of the earthquake. The collapse, which was not removed, it gives us important information on the original. Such as the fact that the west side of the wall, had been reinforced, precisely at the point where there was a small rectangular window. The collapse of the west wall, with the stones still in connection, clearly shows its existence... This remember a clay model of Arkanes of 2° mill. BC ( J.Boardman, RDAC, 1971 37-42), which has an opening on the roof from which curious overlook inside, and a second model of the Cypriot archaic with people who peep from side windows the Musicians playing (Karageorghis, 2006, 103 fig.90). The window of Pyrgos is the first evidence of a reality recorded only by the choroplastic, even if we do not have any connection for a specific cult function.

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actual image is much wider, limited it here to 400 pixels:

A second building was discovered and brought to light in 2008 South to the industrial area. This is a unique construction, consisting of two rooms arranged in a triangular area. As the nearby building it was probably destroyed by the earthquake and abandoned in 1800 BC circa. (Fig.1)

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