The new district (photo taken from a helicopter). On the left the part that was excavated 2010-12 and in the middle the part which was discovered in 2013. Photo: Andreas Ioannou, Police Aviation Unit, Larnaka.
The production of purple garments would lead me to guess this was a Phoenician colony, since they had a virtual monopoly on purple dye. The name “phoenician” actually is a reference, in Greek, to that dye they were famous for.
I heard the found a Starbucks there too. They’re everywhere!