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Last October, a team of German archaeologists found the site of a sanctuary of Apollo in Fragkissa (Cyprus).
These remains had been discovered and excavated in 1885 but had since been lost, reports
Le Figaro
.
After the (re) discovery, excavations were carried out this fall by German archaeologists, specifies the Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus.
Thanks to several surveys, they were able to identify shards of ceramics, fragments of terracotta figurines as well as limestone statuary remains.
In Cyprus, the lost sanctuary of Apollo finally found https://t.co/7UbVRYRlCq via @Le_Figaro
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New excavations carried out in the spring
All these elements correspond to the objects discovered during the first excavation in 1885. These pieces had been brought to light and distributed in several museums.
Teams of archaeologists from the Universities of Frankfurt and Kiel (Germany) have already planned to carry out further excavations in the spring of 2021.
# Archeology Rediscovered a sanctuary of Apollo in Cyprus, forgotten for 100 years ⚱️ https://t.co/QJKPj9YRLm pic.twitter.com/FiwKvz9RH4
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According to specialists, this sanctuary of Apollo, located near the ancient city of Tamasso, is one of the most important sacred complexes of Cypriot antiquity.
It would have been occupied since the Iron Age, from the Archaic period (8th - 5th centuries BC) to the Hellenistic period (4th - 1st century BC), specifies
Le Figaro
.
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