On Saturday the 16th we traveled to the city of Paphos and toured a number of archaeological sites throughout the city. Among the sites we toured were the Tomb of the Kings and the Roman mosaics in Nea Paphos. I really enjoyed our trip to Nea Paphos specifically, as I have only ever seen pictures and descriptions of Roman mosaics and they are truly amazing to experience in person. The mosaics found throughout the site are beautiful but the ones found in the House of Dionysus and the House of Aion are particularly interesting as they remain almost entirely intact and depict a number of scenes from Roman mythology including the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. Seeing the various tombs at the Tomb of the Kings site was also very interesting as some of them have remained largely intact and these largely intact tombs display a very interesting look into how important the burial process could be as many of these tombs feature large stone pillars and very intricate layouts. We were also able to visit the Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Palia Paphos, this site was very interesting as it contains a large black rock that was originally worshipped as the Goddess Aphrodite before the eventual personification of the goddess by the Romans and Greeks. I was a bit disappointed that road construction prevented us from visiting the Byzantine Museum but the sites we were able to visit largely made up for this.

Tristan F.