Karmi Necropolis
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Karmi Necropolis |
Just outside Karmi village is a collection of chamber
tombs which are thought to date back to the middle Bronze Age
(1900-1625BC), which makes them older than the
Royal Tombs at
Salamis.
A number of tombs have been excavated, and by far the most important
discovery is the oldest human figure relief discovered in Cyprus, and is
thought to represent the goddess of fertility.
In one of the tombs, bowls belonging to the Minoan civilisation in Crete
were discovered, along with blue beads from Egypt, which suggest trading
links with both these countries. They are thought to have been gifts for
the dead. This tomb is known as "the tomb of the seafarer", because it
is believed that the man may have been working on the ships from
Lapithos trading between Syria and the Aegean, and the objects were
mementos of his travels.
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