Kourion: The Search for a Lost Roman City

by David Soren

"On the morning of 7/21/365, a colossal earthquake ripped across the eastern Mediterranean, destroying much of the ancient world. The Roman port of Kourion, on the southern coast of Cyprus, was among the areas hardest hit." Indexed & illustrated.
Acknowledgments
The Earthquake that Ended Antiquity
A Historical Sketch of Kourion
A Kourion Baedeker
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Genres: History

234 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1988

Reviews

[Erik Graff]

This book, about an ancient city destroyed and preserved for excavation by a series of earthquakes in the fourth century, is on the level of a National Geographic article--pretty pictures, light read. The author is known as an art historian, specializing in classical and contemporary pop culture.