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The geographical proximity of Cyprus to the Near East was the primary reason for relations between the two regions. Situated between the Aegean Sea and the Near East, Cyprus ...

The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt struck many series of coins, mainly in Alexandria but also in various mints scattered inforeign possessions, such as Coele Syria and Cyprus.

The ancient city of Kition lies beneath the modern city of Larnaca. This location impacted on the history of its archaeology. On the one hand, ancient remains have long been known, recorded by travellers ...

The site of Palaia (Old) Paphos is situated near the southwest coast of Cyprus, close to the terminal point of the Dhiarizos River, within the modern-day village of Kouklia. It was first established at the dawn of the Late Bronze Age (circa 1650 BC) as a gateway centre ...

During the war of Alexander the Great against the Persians, the Iron Age Cypriote polities, known in the literature as city-kingdoms,were part of the Achaemenid Empire. 

Inventory and study of defensive works in a given space enables us to understand the way ancient societies regarded their territories: through the study of their defensive framework, we learn ... 

Important information related to the history of Cyprus of the 6th and 5th centuries BC has been preserved by ancient authors and other primary sources including archaeological finds, inscriptions and coins...

The earliest treatments of the coins that were tentatively attributed to Cyprus were published before the Cypriote-Syllabic script was studied and deciphered by Brandis in 1873...