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Sanctuary of Aphrodite

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Kouklia is located in Cyprus

The Cypriots worshipped a goddess of fertility from as early as the Chalcolithic period (3900–2500 BC).[4] They depicted her as a woman with the obvious characteristics of maternity and modelled figurines of her in stone or clay, of which the larger ones became objects of adoration and their smaller counterparts were worn on the body. Others were placed in graves to protect the dead. The myth that Venus (known as Aphrodite in Greek) was born on the coast of Cyprus may be connected to the adoration of this fertility goddess.

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