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el Amarna.
The palace of this period, i.e. of the first half of the 14th century and which must doubtless go back to the 15th, remains to be discovered.
We have reasons [handwritten: de] to suppose that it must be sought in the eastern part of the town, where our soundings have revealed several houses as well as tombs contemporary with the 18th dynasty.
Our stratigraphic excavations at the site of the palace of the last Mycenaean period at Enkomi, without having reached the limits of this vast construction, have made it possible to recognise its architecture and its layout.
The history of this residence, which we are going to summarise in chronological order, faithfully reflects the vicissitudes of life in this town of Cyprus during its final period, that of the 13th to 11th centuries, one of the most obscure periods of the island's archaeology and of the history of the Mediterranean countries in general.
As it will not be possible within the scope of this paper to detail an archaeological assemblage comprising several thousand pieces, which are distributed stratigraphically over six different levels, I would like to point out that my report on the excavation campaigns of 1949 and 1950, a volume entitled: Enkomi-Alasia [handwritten: II], is in composition, and due to appear by the end of the year.
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