Tombs of the Kings Paphos 🇨🇾

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Tafoi ton Vasileon
disclaimer - there are no Kings burried here, just rich and powerful, but its a good tagline right (not mine) ?
The site dates back to the Hellenistic and Roman periods

the first tomb I checked out seemed to have sandstone attached to standstome (geopolymer or man made sandstone)
I think it was probably a quarry that was repurposed for tombs, as it would make no sence to remove so much of the sandstone for the tombs that were standing above ground. unless they were made from geopolymer also.

2.50 Euro entry for the HUGE site.
Mouttalos, Kato, Paphos, Cyprus

for more information on the UNESCO World Heritage Site
https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/culture/sites-monuments/253-tombs-of-the-kings

and Wikipedia (if you can believe whats on there haha)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombs_of_the_Kings_(Paphos)

0:00 1st tomb
2:14 geopolymer?
6:30 caves? tombs?
8:59 shipwreck Demetrios II
12:32 global cutmarks
16:27 mass grave tombs
22:16 labyrinth plaser & Pilars
27:45 tombs galore!
31:06 painted plaster
34:10 Giant boubon cream

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