Lefkaritis Tomb

The Lefkaritis Tomb is a hypogeum—a type of tomb—in Larnaca, Cyprus.

It was discovered in 1998 in an "un-looted chamber that had been sealed nearly 2800 years ago" in the city-kingdom of Kition.[1] (This tomb was found within the city walls of Kition, as opposed to the necropolis on the outside.)

To create a final report on the archaeological excavations of "two important built tombs, namely the Ikarou Street Tomb and the Lefkaritis Tomb" were the primary reasons for the authoring of The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition Volume II.[2] (The author participated in the excavations.)

  1. ^ Hadjisavvas, Sophocles (2013). The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume II. Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications. pp. 1, 2.
  2. ^ Hadjisavvas, Sophocles (2013). The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume II. Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications. p. Preface.