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Remains of 7th cent. CE Christian Basilica Amathus was one of several important royal cities in Cyprus. It housed a shrine to the Cypriot goddess Aphrodite that was second only to the one in Paphos on the island. The remains of which can be seen on the acropolis. In the lower city, one can see the remains of a Greco-Roman agora with bath and nympheum. Nearby there are the remains of this 7th cent. CE Christian basilica. According to mythology, this was the place to which the Greek hero Theseus brought and abandoned the pregnant Ariadne after defeating the Minotaur and fleeing her father Minos and Crete. The largest stone vessel in the world was discovered here (but is now housed in the Louvre). Keywords: Archaeology, Amathus, Cyprus, Christian, Basilica, Basilica remains,

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