Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇨🇾 Cyprus Region 12, Cyprus
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About Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 in Cyprus Region 12, Cyprus is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Bronze Age; Culture: Regional culture Submerged-Variant; Field status: ongoing; Materials: mudbrick, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 200 CE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1932
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
c. 200 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
On the ground
Structures & features
19.9734° S · 66.4278° E · 871 m · 3 mapped features
- Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — hydraulic feature19.9722° S · 66.4258° E
- Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — Wall Annex 2wallwall at Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — primary structure19.9725° S · 66.4294° E
- Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — Southern Templetempletemple at Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 — subsidiary complex19.9720° S · 66.4269° E