Cyprus Vacations Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/cyprus-vacations Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:08:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Cyprus Vacations http://travelsfinders.com/cyprus-vacations.html http://travelsfinders.com/cyprus-vacations.html#respond Fri, 09 Nov 2018 07:12:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=260970 The Tombs of the Kings The Tombs of the Kings or the Palaiokastra (Old Castles), as also known, lie to the north-west of ancient Pafos. The site was the necropolis (cemetery) of Pafos with hundreds of underground rock-hewn tombs. Though there is no relation with kings, it is possible that eminent Ptolemies, living in Pafos, might have been buried in the tombs. Crosses and some mural paintings indicate that in early Christian times the tombs acted as refuge of the Christians. The tombs which date back to the 3rd century B.C. are reached by steps and have open peristyle courts

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