Cyprus
There are 177 items in Cyprus:
Aeolian capital (Idalion) |
Amathus
Amathus or Amathous (Greek Ἀμαθοῦς): port in southern Cyprus, modern Limassol.Early History Egyptianizing capital Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age: Original…
Amathus, Egyptianizing capital |
Amsterdam, Allard Piersonmuseum
The Allard Piersonmuseum, the home of the archaeological collection of the University of Amsterdam, is one of the nicest museums I know. I may be biased, though, because Amsterdam is my hometown. I cycle along the museum nearly every day…Berlin, Neues Museum
The Neues Museum was, for me, the main reason to visit Berlin last week. It turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, although I must add immediately that there were so many interesting objects that I had to…Bes
Bes or Bisu: popular ancient deity, originally from Egypt. A relief of Bes from Karatepe The odd-looking gentleman on the picture to the…
Choirokoitia, Neolithic houses (reconstructed) |
Chytroi, Inscription of Justinian |
Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
A lovely museum with a very large collection of Egyptian, Cypriote, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art. It takes about half a day to see it all. I had not expected such a nice collection: this is one of the world's…Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
One of the world's best collections of ancient sculpture, mostly Greek and Roman, but also some objects from Egypt. There's also a lovely winter garden. There are 33 items…
Cypriote bronze bar |
Cypro-Archaic I Pottery (hunter) |