Fossils

Fossils of sea shells are scattered n the rocky outbreaks. Kythera emerged from the sea, as did Aphrodite. Fiction tells the geological story of an island, with myriad scattered fossils, even at its highest points. Kythera was the main place of worship of Celestial Kytheria Aphrodite and fossilized shells, symbols of the goddess, such as” Scallop of Venus” (Pecten jacobeus) are sown generously. The landscape, the nature and the geology of the island probably sculled the characteristics of the goddess, giving Kythera elements to its eastern existence (probably originated from Astarte of the Phoenicians, who in the second millennium BC were active in Kythera for the processing of purple shells). These fossils are neogenous marine deposits of the Pleiocene, four million years old. They are part of the modern geological history of Kythera, during which the island is in the phase of elevation and expansion. These fossils are considered important paleontological findings, as are some rarer cetaceans and large fish found.