In April-May 1930, SCE examined a necropolis situated on both sides of the acropolis on the low hill slopes, only a short distance from the shore. This necropolis had partly been excavated by the English Expedition to Cyprus in 1893-94 and published in Excavations in Cyprus, London 1900, p. 89. They found two sites, A – 800m west of the acropolis on both sides of the main road from Nicosia to Limassol, and B – nearer the acropolis, 100m west of a small river. Between these two sites was an area where the treasure-seeking villagers had dug some holes and thus managed to empty two tombs of their contents. Here, the SCE excavated 25 tombs on either side of the road and west of site A, they found another tomb, no. 26.
The 26 tombs are dated from the Cypro-Geometric I to the Roman period (1050 B.C–c.150 A.D.). [Source: Translated from Marie-Louise Winbladh The sites of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition]
