Archaeologists uncover 2,300-year-old theatre in Cyprus

Nicosia

AN Australian archaeological team in Cyprus has uncovered a theatre dating from 300 BC, the oldest structure of its kind yet unearthed on the Mediterranean island, the antiquities department said last Friday. "The Australian team has uncovered the oldest theatre in Cyprus: a structure that was used as a venue for performance and spectacle for over six-and-a-half centuries from circa 300 BC until its final destruction in the earthquakes of AD 365," said the statement.

"More recent excavations have attempted to position the theatre within its ancient urban context, by understanding the surrounding ancient structures including a second-century AD nymphaeum (water fountain)," it added.