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Salamis, Northern Cyprus

Salamis, Northern Cyprus

Salamis, Northern Cyprus

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Salamis, Northern Cyprus

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Salamis, Northern Cyprus

Salamis, Northern Cyprus

Now that's what I call kitchen tiles

Salamis, Northern Cyprus

which can last a thousand years...

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Right: this was historically the "public toilets", so I guess the below was some sort of drainage. Perhaps a curved wall with urinals standing against them? Had to take a pic.

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The outer wall of the amphitheatre, right.

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Right: I overheard someone say that, when the Ottomans invaded the island, the army chopped off the heads of all the statues. I guess the bodies were nice enough, but the faces looked too European.

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Seeing the foundation of the pillars right, I could only imagine how grand everything must have looked in its full form.

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Looked like these were some sort of bathing facilities (pic to right from other side of same structure)

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In the process of unearthing more structures. Just doesn't seem to stop.

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Doesn't look like much, but if you try to imagine what it must have looked in its full form, I could only be amazed.

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