Follow Cyprus Investment Immigration and follow Life in Cyprus: The archaeological authority of Cyprus recently announced that a well dug by ancient people approximately 10,000 years ago was discovered on the western coast of Cyprus, along with several Neolithic artifacts unearthed from the well.
Archaeologists from the Cyprus archaeological authority and the University of Edinburgh in the UK participated in this excavation. They discovered a shaft in the underground rock layer measuring 75 centimeters in diameter and 5 meters deep. Several small indentations were carved into the sides of the well, which were clearly intended for the well-diggers to climb up and down. Traces of a natural waterway were found at the bottom of the well, leading to the conclusion that it was a water well. After the well was abandoned, it was filled with many sheep and pig bones, as well as fragments of stone vessels and some stone beads and pendants. In the middle section of the well, archaeologists also discovered a female skeleton, though its state of preservation was poor.
Based on radiocarbon dating, archaeologists inferred that this well dates back approximately 10,000 years, making it one of the oldest known wells in the world. Previously, archaeologists had also discovered several other wells near this site that were at least 9,000 years old.