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Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα cliff. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα cliff. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων

Κυριακή 15 Απριλίου 2018

Geology of Cyprus

Korakas bridge at Kavo greko


Giant rock cliff at Episkopi
a 70 meter tall cliff was formed when the river of Ezousa kept chiseling at the base of a huge limestone cliff. The rocks collapsed and the river was forced to change course. 

Limestone cliffs at Kourion. At the bottom is a little known archaeological site "Amathus gate cemetary"

Kourvellos, a huge rock formation at Lefkara taller than 40m

Lava flows and pillow lavas at klirou
Lava Bridge is in fact the hot lava which emerged from 6 km deep Tythias seabed 90 million years ago.

Τετάρτη 15 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Rock at Episkopi Pafos

A huge limestpne cliff of about 70m tall at the Episkopi valley, Cyprus.
The cliff was formed when the river of Ezousa "ate away" at the rock and a huge earthquake made it collapse. The rocks that fell from the hill (some still visible at the side of the road) forced the river to change its course







Κυριακή 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013

Amathus gate cemetery at Kourion

for information:
http://php.indiana.edu/~cparks/web/home.html

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/43818400/excavations-kourions-amathus-gate-cemetery

Found at the bottom of a beautiful limestone cliff, right below the kourion ancient site.

The Amathus Gate cemetery. Stone-cut cists, used for small numbers of burials, are cut into the heavily quarried site of older chamber tombs, the arcosolia of which are visible in the background