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    Kourion (Ancient Greek: Koύριov; Latin: Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. In the twelfth...
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    Limassol (section Kourion)
    Nicosia. Limassol was built between two ancient Greek cities, Amathus and Kourion. Its historical centre is located around the medieval Limassol Castle and...
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    sanctuary was located in Kourion. The sanctuary is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of the ancient town of Kourion along the road which leads...
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    the following Roman cities: Paphos, Salamis, Amathous, Lapethos, Kition, Kourion, Arsinoe, Kyrenia, Chytri, Karpasia, Soli, and Tamassos, as well as some...
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  • Ancient Kourion is a live album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The album was recorded August 19, 2012, at the 2300 year-old Kourion Theater...
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  • (mythology), a soldier on the Trojan side in the Trojan War Damasus, king of Kourion on southern Cyprus in the 7th century BCE Damascus This disambiguation...
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    Basilicata Theatre of Soli, Soli Theatre of Salamis, Salamis Theatre of Kourion, Kourion Odeon Amphitheatre, Paphos Theatre of Catania Theatre of Segesta Theatre...
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    Island are marked green, the cultural sites of the Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Kourion, and Gorham's Cave are marked red....
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    (son of Machatas) dedicated to Apollon at Kourion, Cyprus, 200–193 BC, Ptolemaic city commander of Kourion. Alkemachos (son of Charops) Diaulos (~400-metre...
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    as well. The first cremation burial in bronze vessels has been found at Kourion-Kaloriziki, tomb 40, dated to the first half of the 11th century (LCIIIB)...
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  • 1500 BC until 1150 BC. This is mainly based with the stratigraphy of the Kourion site but is in line with examples excavated at other sites. It is not known...
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    the SBAs (in particular the site and remains of Kourion, the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates near Kourion, the Stadium of Curium and the Church and remains...
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    on April 15, 2013, Live in Ancient Kourion. The album was recorded on August 19, 2012, at the 6,000-year-old Kourion Theater in Cyprus during the band's...
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    inscribed objects were found in the British Museum stores, a silver cup from Kourion, a White Ware jug, and two limestone tablet fragments. The number of discoveries...
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    attested in Cypriot syllabary on objects of seventh century BC found in Kourion. The Greeks agreed that Aphrodite had landed at the site of Paphos when...
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    Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BC) claims that the city of Kourion, near present-day Limassol, was founded by Achaean settlers from Argos...
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    Late 3rd century gladiator mosaic from a private residence in Kourion, Cyprus. All the participants are named. The central figure (Darios) is positioned...
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    Tell Abraq Thula Tarout Umm Al Nar Yathrib (Medina) Enkomi Idalion Kition Kourion (Koύριov, Curium) Jebel Barkal Kerma Meroë Napata Adulis Aksum (Axum) Keskese...
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  • records strengthens the case for a period of heightened seismic activity. Kourion on Cyprus, for example, is known to have been hit then by five strong earthquakes...
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    churches dedicated to St. Cross and St. George. To the south is a site called Kourion (Greek: Κούριον) containing the ruins of an ancient settlement. Of the...
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    centuries, and during the reign of Justinian II the cities of Constantia, Kourion and Paphos were sacked. At the advice of the Emperor, the Archbishop fled...
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    40 km (25 mi) east of Paphos. Episkopi is built on the hill of ancient Kourion, close to the western bank of the Kouris River. In the medieval Kingdom...
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  • now known as Kouris, in Cyprus that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Kourion Lycus (river of Lydia), a tributary of the Hyllus river Lycus (river of...
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    Saracen Rock. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petra Tou Romiou. Kourion Limassol Aphrodite Hills Deligatos, Virginia A. (2008). The worldview of...
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  • performance with Iced Earth was their 2013 live album "Live in Ancient Kourion". It is their first studio album in over 20 years to entirely not be a...
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    Aetolian Boar. Tribes known as Curetes – named after the nearby mountain Kourion, or just to stand out from the Acarnanians, who were called so because...
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    as well. The first cremation burial in Bronze vessels has been found at Kourion-Kaloriziki, tomb 40, dated to the first half of the 11th century (LCIIIB)...
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  • island of the Dodecanese, off Bodrum Cos (Κως), İstanköy, Coo, Stanchio Kourion Cyprus Curium, Curias (Κούριον) Kúmē Campania, Italy abandoned Kydonia...
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    towards the centre of Cyprus, and flows to the sea near the ancient city of Kourion. This river has been dammed by the Kouris Dam, which has caused the near...
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  • Cyprus. This is dated by a second inscription from Kourion to 101/102. A third inscription from Kourion records that he supervised the reconstruction of...
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