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ENKOMI-ALASIA
In A.J.A., vol. LII, 1, 1948, I have reported the discovery made by the French Archaeological Expedition of the ancient city to which belong the well known burial ground of Enkomi: the tomb of which dated mostly of the Late Bronze Age or Mycenaean period.
Further excavations undertaken in 1949 and 1950, have revealed the importance of the city and suggested its identification with ALASIA, the II. millenium capital of Cyprus, known through references in the contemporary TELL EL AMARNA letters, and in the cuneiforme records from Syria (Ras Shamra, Mari) and Anatolia (Boghazkeuy). The extansion of the newly discovered site having become evident after the excavation of part of the city rempart, the Cyprus Department of Antiquities (director A.H.S. Megaw) has accepted my invitation to share the work in order to accelerate the exploration. In the intervals of my own expedition, the curator of the Cyprus Museum M. P. Dikaios is thus undertaking excavations in a fild setaside for my partner expedition, immediately to the north of my present research area His report on the first season work in this part of the Enko mi site is in preparation.
I deal here only with the discoveries made by the french branch of the combined venture the final publication of which is in point and will appear this year (1).
Our effort was concentrated in the region of the old entrane to the city directed towards the sea and the ancient harbour of
(1) C.F.A. Schaeffer, Enkomi-Alasia I, Paris 1952 (Librairie C. Klincksieck, 11 rue de Lille, Paris VIIè), 450 pages, 116 pla tes and 135 text figures.
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