At its current location, the entire urban centre was designed by Solon during his 10-year trip, after whom the name Soloi is commonly attributed.

Reyes, however, disputes this etymological origin, as the name Soloi appears on the Esarhaddon prism predating Solon's visit.

What remains today is mainly from the Roman period, most notably the mosaic floor of the basilica with its wealth of birds, animals and geometric designs and a picture of a swan.

[2] According to ancient written sources the city was supplying Athens with timber and copper and in return getting luxurious metal vessels from there.

[2] The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, led by Einar Gjerstad, excavated Soli during October 1927.

The ancient town of Soli was located on the Mesaoria plain which was a well-situated place, close to the sea and harbor in the north as well as cultivated plains to the east and Cyprus' richest copper district to the south.

The earliest potsherds are from the Cypro-Archaic periods but they are very few in comparison with the Cypro-Hellenistic and Cypro-Roman sherds.

The sherds from the robbed tombs make it possible to date them and most of them are from the Cypro-Archaic II period to the Cypro-Roman.

[3] According to the excavators many of the walls at Cholades were made of reused material found in the river below the sites.

The other rooms seem to have had walls decorated with vertical and horizontal lines in red, blue, black, and green creating large squares.

In period 2 (temple B, C, and D) the shape is still irregular although the connection between the cella and courtyards is beginning to get closer.

In the third period, temple E was reconstructed with the cellae and courtyards built together as a closed unit and it seems like the importance of symmetry improves.

The structure displays that the theatre is from the Roman period and coins exhibit an even more precise date, 42/3 A.D as well as 66-70 A.D.

The floor of the orchestra was plastered with lime cement and the rainwater was carried off by a conduit of terracotta pipes.