{"id":16921,"date":"2020-10-29T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=16921"},"modified":"2020-10-19T10:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T08:58:50","slug":"kings-tombs-paphos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/cyprus\/paphos\/kings-tombs-paphos\/","title":{"rendered":"King’s tombs of Paphos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Not far from our hotel was one of the most famous excavation sites in Cyprus. The King’s tombs of Paphos attract visitors from all over the island and have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The term king’s tombs is misleading. It originated in the second half of the 20th century, when the size of the rock tombs became really visible and it was first assumed that kings had been buried here. However, no kings were ever buried here, and there are graves of officials of the Ptolemaic administration or of heads of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n