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³=START= XMT: 14:38 Wed Aug 28 EXP: 15:00 Sat Aug 31 ³
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³ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM UNEARTHS NEW FINDS IN CYPRUS, ³
³GOV'T AGENCY SAYS ³
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³NICOSIA (AUG. 28) XINHUA - AN ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM ³
³HAS DISCOVERED FINDS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE ³
³HELLENISTIC, ROMAN, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ³
³ARCHITECTURE, THE CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES ANNOUNCED³
³TODAY. ³
³ ³
³UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR FILIPPO GIUDICE, THE TEAM ³
³FROM THE UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI OF CATANIA COMPLETED ³
³EXCAVATIONS AT THE SANCTUARY OF APOLLO HYLATES IN WESTERN ³
³CYPRUS. ³
³ ³
³THEY DISCOVERED A LONG STRETCH OF A "DROMOS" (ROAD) LEADING ³
³TO AN UNDERGROUND SANCTUARY, BELONGING TO THE LESSER KNOWN ³
³MONUMENTS OF HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN TOWN OF PAPHOS. ³
³ ³
³EXCAVATIONS IN THE AREA OPPOSITE THE UNDERGROUND SANCTUARY ³
³BROUGHT TO LIGHT AN "EXTREMELY RARE" TYPE OF STRUCTURE WITH ³
³FEW PARALLELS IN EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE, THE ³
³DEPARTMENT SAID. ³
³ ³
³ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE SANCTURARY, THE TEAM FOUND RUINS ³
³OF A LATE MEDIEVAL BUILDING, PROBABLY DESTROYED DURING AN ³
³EARTHQUAKE. ³
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³MEANWHILE, AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM OF THE U.S. PRINCETON ³
³UNIVERSITY, DIRECTED BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM CHILDS, CONCLUDED ³
³EXCAVATIONS NEAR POLIS CHRYSOCHOUS, ON THE ISLAND'S ³
³NORTHWESTERN COAST. ³
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³FINDINGS OVER A WIDE AREA SUGGESTED THE SITE GAVE ³
³HOSPITALITY TO A CHRISTIAN BASILICA OF THE 5TH CENTURY, ³
³BYZANTINE CITY WALLS, IMPERIAL ROMAN POTTERY WORKSHOPS, AND ³
³HOUSES AND POTTERIES FROM THE ARCHAIC-CLASSICAL PERIODS. ³
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