Historical place profile
Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon
Located on the north coast of Cyprus 10 km west of Keryneia, Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon is known through archaeological remains for the most part. Archaeological evidence shows settlement already in the Late Bronze Age, continuing to the first millennium BCE and beyond. The tradition of Lapethos holds that the kingdom was founded by Praxandros from Lakonia in the Peloponnese.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:707555
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:707555
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.357645, 33.198204
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Located on the north coast of Cyprus 10 km west of Keryneia, Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon is known through archaeological remains for the most part. Archaeological evidence shows settlement already in the Late Bronze Age, continuing to the first millennium BCE and beyond. The tradition of Lapethos holds that the kingdom was founded by Praxandros from Lakonia in the Peloponnese.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 C2 Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon
Source and reuse
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Research path
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