In December 1933, a group of British visitors went to visit a cave just above the village of Kythrea. The inhabitants of the area had been attempting to open the cave in hopes of finding a water source.
The cave was located right on the face of a cliff, a most difficult climb requiring much rope and support. The cave itself was quite large, and had Christian crosses and inscriptions painted onto its walls. The women had found bones in the soil and fragments of Hellenistic Roman pottery. There were also stalactites within the cave.
Image: PNT-00981 > Dennis Peploe, Kythrea, Cyprus, oil painting, 63x73 cm, 1951.
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
