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[polis]

I've also been to somewhere in Cyprus where there was all these skeletons of horses and kings (I think they were kings anyway). Has anyone else been or does anyone know whos remains they were? It's in North...

I think you are referring to the skeleton of an unfortunate and farily recently departed donkey found in a grave in the valley of the kings in Pafos which ignorant tour guides claimed were ancient remains.

[shahmaran]

i also live right next to these mines which are apparently the oldest mines in the WORLD!

Copper mining has literally destroyed the surrounding environment of my village (thanks to the British/American CMC), but its still pretty cool if its true...

[T_C]

I've also been to somewhere in Cyprus where there was all these skeletons of horses and kings (I think they were kings anyway). Has anyone else been or does anyone know whos remains they were? It's in North...

I think you are referring to the skeleton of an unfortunate and farily recently departed donkey found in a grave in the valley of the kings in Pafos which ignorant tour guides claimed were ancient remains.

No polis the ones I saw were definately the remains of horses...they were really deep underground because to actually see them we had to go down this huge "crater" that had been dug and the remains were all at the bottom covered over with protective glass. I can't remember who the remains were though..

[Svetlana]

Hi Turkish Cypriot

Yes, I have seen the remains too; there is a small museum nearby. As I recall they believe that becuae of the position of the bones, the donkeys were buried alive.

Somewhere in the north, I cannot recall where.

Lana

[free_cyprus]

askimwos
I suggest to go and visit the chirokitia ancient settlement. It is midway between Nicosia and Limassol. This settlement is one of the oldest discovered in the world and is more than 3500 years old

can you tell me if they were greek or turkish they discovered in that settlement that stretches soo far back in history as you soo kindly pointed out

[free_cyprus]

askimwos
i hope you will enlighten me on this subject and my request to know more about the ruins you mentioned i will ask again were they greek or turkish people they found there

[askimwos]

F_C
Just a small correction - Choirokitia dates back to 7000 BC and not 3500BC as I posted earlier.

Choirokoitia (also known as Khirokitia) is one of the most important prehistorical sites in the eastern Mediterranean area. The site is only partly recovered, and archaelogical work is still going on.

Human life in Choirokoitia started around 7000 BC, in the Neolithicum. Where the people came from is not known for sure. It is possible that the neolithic villages on Cyprus were a result of colonization from the Middle East.

What do we know about the people that lived here? The village probably had about 300 inhabitants. They practised agriculture and animal husbandry, and didn't usually live longer than 35 years. One of their most remarkable customs was to bury their dead under the floors of the houses of the living relatives. In this way the dead remained close to the living.

Here are some links to Unesco World Herritage Website about Choirokitia

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/ ... oitia.html

http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=848

[free_cyprus]

soo the site dates back 7000 years.................. perhaps this tells us something about cyprus as i have said all along we are cypriots we could be from anywhere and not as what they claim we are from turkey and greece

[polis]

soo the site dates back 7000 years.................. perhaps this tells us something about cyprus as i have said all along we are cypriots we could be from anywhere and not as what they claim we are from turkey and greece

Why stop at Hirokoitia? Surely, there must have been a Neandertal colony somewhere in Cyprus where you can seek your roots from.

[free_cyprus]

i m still waiting to find out if those people they found 7000 years ago are greeks or turks does anyone know