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Location

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Episkopí
  • geo:34.664757,32.885166
  • Location: correct and verified

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Classification

  • building
  • Visible

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Kourion, Earthquake House

data access 32324

The earthquake in 365 AD Kourion suffered  huge destruction. Within this damaged building, the skeletons of nine people were excavated: seven adults, a young girl, and a baby. They were crushed by falling stones and plaster.

Sources:

  1. http://www.bibleplaces.com/kourion-cyprus/

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2017-01-03) , last updated by René Voorburg (2022-11-25), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/32324
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: , E. and Voorburg, R., Kourion, Earthquake House. https://vici.org/vici/32324, accessed 2026-06-28.