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Paphos
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The Tombs of Kings in Paphos, southwest Cyprus. The tombs are a complex of burial chambers and vaults carved into the rock; they held the remains of nobles of the Ptolemaic period, when Paphos was the capital of Cyprus.

Resort town on the southwest coast of Cyprus; population (1992 est) 32,600. It was the capital of Cyprus in Roman times and the legendary birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, who rose out of the sea. Archaeological remains include the 2,300-year-old underground ‘Tombs of the Kings’, a Roman villa, and a 7th-century Byzantine castle.



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