„Ancient Kameiros“

One of three city states on the Greek Island of Rhodes, Kameiros (????????) was a city lying on a peninsula on the northwest coast of the island.

During the prehistoric period the area was inhabited by Mycenaean Greeks. The city itself was founded by the Dorians. The temple foundations were begun at least as early as the eighth century BC. The earthquake of 226 BC destroyed the city and the temple. The earthquake of 142 BC destroyed the city for the second time.

The Acropolis was excavated by Alfred Biliotti and Auguste Salzmann between 1852 and 1864. In 1928 the Italian Archaeological School began a systematic excavation of the area together with restoration work which continued until the end of the 2nd World War.

Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese group of islands.