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The lack of governmental protection and care along with the lack of education among a poverty-stricken public, especially during the second half of the 19th century, caused serious damage to the cultural heritage of Cyprus ...

In 30 BC, after the death of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Cyprus fell under the direct control of Octavian. But in 22 BC, Augustus ceded the island to the Senate to be governed by proconsuls of praetorian status ... 

The epigraphy of the Cypriote syllabaries counts now more than 200 years since modern rediscovery of the relevant evidence. A voyage by Josef von Hammer in 1800 which resulted in the detection of the first Cypriote syllabic inscription, was followed by the publication ...

The excavations at the Hill of Agios Georgios, Nicosia, from 1996-2010 have revealed remains from several periods in the long history of Nicosia and have provided considerable information concerning its development ...

The determination of the chemical composition of ancient coins may offer valuable information to archeologists, historians and numismatists, mainly regarding their manufacturing technology, age, minting places, and authenticity ...

The epigraphic evidence known from ancient Cyprus consists of over 5,000 inscriptions: syllabic, Phoenician, alphabetic Greek and Latin. The first two groups are extremely important for the study ...

The "Inscription of Idalion", also known as the "Tablet of Idalion" bears the longest and best preserved Cypriote syllabic text known so far ...

The personality and the attributes of Apollo had already been well known and defined in the ancient Mediterranean since Homeric times ...