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MUFONET-BBS NETWORK - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS - WIRE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 �=START= XMT: 14:38 Wed Aug 28 EXP: 15:00 Sat Aug 31 � � � 쿔TALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM UNEARTHS NEW FINDS IN CYPRUS, � 쿒OV'T AGENCY SAYS � � � 쿙ICOSIA (AUG. 28) XINHUA - AN ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM � 쿓AS DISCOVERED FINDS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE � 쿓ELLENISTIC, ROMAN, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN � 쿌RCHITECTURE, THE CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES ANNOUNCED� 쿟ODAY. � � � 쿢NDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR FILIPPO GIUDICE, THE TEAM � 쿑ROM THE UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI OF CATANIA COMPLETED � 쿐XCAVATIONS AT THE SANCTUARY OF APOLLO HYLATES IN WESTERN � 쿎YPRUS. � � � 쿟HEY DISCOVERED A LONG STRETCH OF A "DROMOS" (ROAD) LEADING � 쿟O AN UNDERGROUND SANCTUARY, BELONGING TO THE LESSER KNOWN � 쿘ONUMENTS OF HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN TOWN OF PAPHOS. � � � 쿐XCAVATIONS IN THE AREA OPPOSITE THE UNDERGROUND SANCTUARY � 쿍ROUGHT TO LIGHT AN "EXTREMELY RARE" TYPE OF STRUCTURE WITH � 쿑EW PARALLELS IN EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE, THE � 쿏EPARTMENT SAID. � � � 쿚N A HILL OVERLOOKING THE SANCTURARY, THE TEAM FOUND RUINS � 쿚F A LATE MEDIEVAL BUILDING, PROBABLY DESTROYED DURING AN � 쿐ARTHQUAKE. � � � 쿘EANWHILE, AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM OF THE U.S. PRINCETON � 쿢NIVERSITY, DIRECTED BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM CHILDS, CONCLUDED � 쿐XCAVATIONS NEAR POLIS CHRYSOCHOUS, ON THE ISLAND'S � 쿙ORTHWESTERN COAST. � � � 쿑INDINGS OVER A WIDE AREA SUGGESTED THE SITE GAVE � 쿓OSPITALITY TO A CHRISTIAN BASILICA OF THE 5TH CENTURY, � 쿍YZANTINE CITY WALLS, IMPERIAL ROMAN POTTERY WORKSHOPS, AND � 쿓OUSES AND POTTERIES FROM THE ARCHAIC-CLASSICAL PERIODS. � � � �=END= �

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