Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Larnaca District Archaeological Museum

Situated at Parides Square (ex Kalogreon) (Tel.24304169), this government museum house a collection of archaeological finds from the Larnaka town and District. It includes exhibits of Neolithic times, Copper Era, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Besides the large collection of local made pieces it also displays some unique items found in the Larnaka area, but they are of Egyptian, Mycenaean, Phoenician, Assyrian and Persian origin or have been imported from some of the other great nearby civilizations of antiquity.

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Avil Porwal said...

Larnaca is a city of the Republic of Cyprus situated on the southern coast of Cyprus.The most important of these for the city of Larnaca is Kataklysmos or the Festival of the Flood, celebrated in early summer with a series of cultural events.