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Scientific articles on Ancient Cyprus
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Collections of Cypriote Antiquities in Foreign Museums
Karageorghis, Vassos
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 ...
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Cypriote coinage under Roman rule (30 BC – 3rd century AD)
Amandry, Michel
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 ...
read moreCorpus of Cypriote syllabic inscriptions of the 1st millennium BC
Perna, Massimo
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 ...
read moreA hoard of silver coins of the 5th century BC from Nicosia
Pilides, Despina
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 ...
read moreAnalytical methods for the determination of the chemical composition of ancient coins
Charalambous, Andreas
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 ...
read moreThe alphabetic inscriptions of Cyprus: epigraphic contribution to the reconstruction of the history of ancient Cyprus
Kantirea, Maria
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 ...
read moreThe Tablet of Idalion (ICS 217)
Georgiadou, Anna
The "Inscription of Idalion", also known as the "Tablet of Idalion" bears the longest and best preserved Cypriote syllabic text known so far ...
read moreThe Cypriote Apollo. Characteristics of the Apolline Cult in Cyprus
Vernet, Yannick
The personality and the attributes of Apollo had already been well known and defined in the ancient Mediterranean since Homeric times ...
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