The Director of the Department of Antiquities, Dr. Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou, spoke about a very important discovery, referring to the findings during the renovation of the chapel of Panagia Panagiotissa in Protaras.
During today's tour of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Giannis Karousou, the Director of the Department of Antiquities visited the chapel to inspect the works and a meeting was held with the Metropolitan of Constantia-Famagusta Vassilios and the Mayor of Paralimni Theodoros Pyrimni.
As stated by the Director of the Department of Antiquities on his camera Famagusta.News, the important discovery concerns an inscription that refers to the family of the last king of Salamis Nikokreontas, in Aphrodite "Extreme", as it is called.
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In the course, he said, it developed into an excavation which yielded very important findings which show that it is an Early Christian Basilica of the 6th-7th century of the time of the Emperor Heraklion. Unfortunately, as he mentioned, only the North and the Central aisle of the temple have been found, because the South seems to have been destroyed. The findings, as he said, are also very important and from the wealth of findings, it seems that it would be a very remarkable early Christian basilica which is currently registered by the Department for protection of works and will return to the surface as soon as the works are completed. and will be upgraded, all the findings will be evaluated and the purpose of the Department of Antiquities is to build a protective shelter so that the Early Christian Basilica coexists with the new church that is being built now.
Referring to the monastery of Ayia Napa, the Director of the Department of Antiquities said that important findings were identified during the upgrade of the monastery, which will be turned into a Museum. The monastery, he said, has been known since the Renaissance and older phases of the monastery continue to come to light.
As he said, there are important findings of Neolithic and Paleolithic era in the area which it is time to highlight.
It is recalled that the bones of Father Zacharias, who was beheaded by the Turks in the 17th century, were also found in Panagiotissa.
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