Completion of Akrotiri-Dreamer’s Bay Archaeological Mission

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Associated features including buildings suggest that at least some of the quarrying activity is Roman

12 June 2018
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Completion of Akrotiri-Dreamer’s Bay Archaeological Mission

The department of antiquities, ministry of transport, communications and works announced the completion of this year’s archaeological mission of the University of Leicester at Akrotiri-Dreamer’s Bay, in the Limassol district.

The excavations were conducted between March 30 – April 16, at and around the locality of Dreamers Bay, Nisarouin, on the southern shores of the Akrotiri peninsula in Cyprus.

This year’s excavation was supplemented by geophysical survey to explore the extent of the still part buried ancient buildings, and surface geological and archaeological survey of ancient cliff-top quarries to the east. All the archaeological remains on land are apparently linked to an ancient harbour in the bay below.

Taken together, these remains appear to represent one of the best preserved ancient port sites in the Mediterranean.