ABSTRACT The exhibition 'Ancient Cyprus: Culture in Dialogue' was presented in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels on the occasion of Cyprus' Presidency of the Council of the European Union from October 2012 until February 2013. It presented an overview of the culture of Cyprus from the earliest human settlement on the island to the end of Antiquity. A great number of Cypriot antiquities from both older and more recent excavations were exhibited.....
Author(s): Despo Pilides, Nikolas Papadimitriou
Series: Exibition Catalogue
Publisher: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 0
City: Nicosia
Tags: Archaeology, Cyprus, History, Maritime History
Foreword, Mr Efthemios Flourentzou, Minister of Communications and Works, Republic of Cyprus .....................................................................................8
Foreword, Dr Michel Draguet, General Director a.i., Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels..........................................................................................8
Foreword, Dr Maria Hadjicosti, Director, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus ......... ......................................................................................................................9
Chronology ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Map of Cyprus ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Map of the Central and Eastern Mediterranean ............................................................................................................................................................................... 14
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................Despina Pilides ....................................................................................... 16
2. Cultures in dialogue: exhibiting the past of an island ......................................... Nikolas Papadimitriou & Efthymia Alphas ....................................... 18
The birth of Cypriot archaeology
3. I. From treasure hunting to systematic excavation ..............................................Despina Pilides ....................................................................................... 22
II. Cyprus and Belgium ................................................................................................ Eric Gubel & Natacha Massar ............................................................ 24
III. The Cypriot Collection at the Ashmolean Museum ....................................... Anja Ulbrich ........................................................................................... 26
IV. The British Museum excavations on Cyprus in the 1890s ............................ Thomas Kiely .......................................................................................... 28
V. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition:
the fi rst comprehensive study of the island’s ancient history ....................... Karin Nys ................................................................................................. 30
The ancient history of Cyprus
4. The geology of Cyprus .............................................................................................. Zomenia Zomeni ................................................................................... 34
5. Neolithic period ............................................................................................................Alain Le Brun .......................................................................................... 38
Case study: Ayios Tychonas-Klimonas ....................................................................Jean Guilaine, Jean-Denis Vigne & François Briois........................ 42
6. Chalcolithic period ....................................................................................................... Edgar Peltenburg ................................................................................... 44
Case study: Souskiou ................................................................................................... Edgar Peltenburg ................................................................................... 48
7. Early and Middle Bronze Age ................................................................................... Jennifer M. Webb & David Frankel .................................................... 50
Case study: Marki ......................................................................................................... Jennifer M. Webb & David Frankel .................................................... 54
8. Late Bronze Age ...........................................................................................................Despina Pilides ....................................................................................... 56
Case study: Hala Sultan Tekke .................................................................................. Karin Nys ................................................................................................. 60
9. Early Iron Age ............................................................................................................... Maria Iacovou ........................................................................................ 62
Case study: Idalion ....................................................................................................... Maria Hadjicosti ..................................................................................... 66
10. Hellenistic and Roman period ...................................................................................Demetrios Michaelides ......................................................................... 68
Case study: Paphos-Glyky Nero................................................................................ Efstathios Raptou ................................................................................... 72
Thematic essays
11. Natural resources and the importance of copper ...............................................Vasiliki Kassianidou ............................................................................... 76
12. Harbours, navigation and trade ............................................................................... Stella Demesticha .................................................................................. 80
13. Languages, scripts and administration ...................................................................Joanna S. Smith ..................................................................................... 84
14. Coinage and economic politics ................................................................................ Evangeline Markou................................................................................ 88
15. Cultural interaction through time............................................................................. Marguerite Yon....................................................................................... 92
16. Burial and society .........................................................................................................Giorgos Georgiou .................................................................................. 96
17. Cult and ritual ...............................................................................................................Anja Ulbrich ..........................................................................................100
18. Aspects of personal styling and adornment ......................................................... Eftychia Zachariou-Kaila ....................................................................104
Catalogue
History of research (cat. nos 1-17) ............................................................................................................................................................................................110
The island (cat. nos 18-68) ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................118
The sea (cat. nos 69-136) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................146
Society and people (cat. nos 137-215) .................................................................................................................................................................................... 184
The world of the dead (cat. nos 216-245) ...............................................................................................................................................................................228
The world of the sacred (cat. nos 246-291) ............................................................................................................................................................................246
Abbreviations ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................270
Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................271
Photographic credits ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................286
Index of geographical names ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................287
