I step onto ancient stones in a clearing, surrounded by several tall columns reaching up into the bright blue sky. “This would have been the agora, the marketplace,” says my guide David. We’re standing in the middle of the ancient kingdom city of Amathus, dating back to the Iron Age of 1100 BC.
“They chose this spot because of the water source,” he explains, pointing to an area where a river once flowed as we climb through what was once ladies and men’s public bathrooms.
