One of the oldest settlements of Cyprus the Site is located on the top of a gentle hill just outside of Larnaca. It is believed that it was founded about 9 thousand years ago, in the Neolithic period. Due to its venerable age this place was even listed in the world cultural heritage of UNESCO.

About the people who built the Site, virtually nothing is known. Their village is like no other that has ever existed on the island. So archaeologists have even invented this "mini-civilization" separate title – pre-pottery Neolithic culture of Cyprus. As for the name of the city itself, he got the same name, which is a modern village situated at the foot of this hill.

The settlement consisted of many circular buildings, both residential and commercial. Often several of these buildings were located very close to each other around a distinctive internal courtyard. So as to have survived only in small fragments of buildings, it was decided to restore some of them to demonstrate what they had previously. Therefore, on the excavated foundations were built four new houses on ancient technology from mud and stones. And before that it was believed that the roofs of the buildings have a dome shape recently, however, scientists confidently say that they were just flat.

One of the main features of this place is that its inhabitants buried their dead directly in the floor of their houses. To the top of the hill where the Site was led by a stone staircase, and around the whole settlement was erected wall.

Local residents, and there were about six hundred people, mostly cultivated cereal grains and raised livestock. They also gathered wild fruits. Surprisingly, some scientists say that in the settlement also grew rice. Consequently, nine thousand years ago the island was wet and swampy place, because the plant grows only in such conditions.