The Iron Age topography of Kition

Fourrier, Sabine

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 ...

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Section: Archaeology
Published: July 22, 2015

From the Cypriote basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos: the archaeological evidence

Papantoniou, Giorgos

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. 

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Section: Kingdoms- Kings
Published: July 7, 2015

The pictorial art of Cyprus in the First Millennium BC

Hermary, Antoine

Since the mid-19th century, the pictorial art of Cyprus was not considered to be autonomous or original enough to give rise to independent studies. The big collection ‘L’Univers des Formes’ published in France in 1960 ...

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Section: Archaeology
Published: June 7, 2015

The Ayia Irini Project at Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Bourogiannis, Giorgos

Major archaeological discoveries are the result of both good fortune and painstaking work. The archaeology of Cyprus is one of the most distinct cases of such a combination. The monumental work accomplished between 1927 and 1931 ...

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Section: Research Projects
Published: June 7, 2015