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… emptied out completely. The finds of objects are rare, but it is certain that the clearing promises interesting results provided it is sufficiently extensive. This It will require several seasons provided with resources which should be at least equal to those which the French Archaeological Mission had at its disposal in 1946. Moreover, it will be indispensable to operate in future with a network of Decauville tracks and to acquire the ground to be excavated as well as sites for accumulating the spoil. To speed up the clearing of the vast site without increasing the charges on the excavation budget of the French Mission, I proposed suggested to the director of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities to take part the project that his department take part in the excavations of Enkomi. This proposal was welcomed received with great favour. The discovery of the Bronze Age city so long sought by without success by several the successive missions has been is considered welcomed with considered as of capital interest for Cypriot and Mediterranean archaeology. In fact, the Bronze Age city of Enkomi was was probably the most important urban centre of the island in the 2nd millennium. E Its riches prosperity is attested by the extent and the richness of its necropolis,
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