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The Cyprus Tomb Register: A Page-Cited Dataset of 3,837 Ancient Cypriot Tombs
We are publishing the first release of the Cyprus tomb register, a dataset of 3,837 tombs in which...
How Accurate Is the Cyprus Tomb Register?
We checked the Cyprus tomb register in six ways. Most of its gaps are places where the excavation...
Ancient Cypriot Architecture: A Course from the First Villages to the Roman Earthquake
Fourteen lessons on how the people of ancient Cyprus built, from the round houses of Khirokitia to...
Ancient Cypriot Pottery: A Course from the First Pots to the Classical Kingdoms
Fifteen lessons on reading a Cypriot pot, from Neolithic combed bowls to Hellenistic oil bottles:...
Two Birds, Two Necks: A Vounous Jug, Its Louvre Cousin, and a Lost One from Tomb 46A
A Red Polished flask from the Cypriot Early Bronze Age, about 57 centimetres tall, reassembled from...
The Newest String: A Middle Bronze Age Cypriot Faience Necklace
A string of faience beads, their striking turquoise glaze gone matte and clouded with buff, hung on...
The Judge, the Escape, and a Chocolate Box of Six-Thousand-Year-Old Sherds
A wooden Droste chocolate box, five Stone Age potsherds clipped into wire, and the Supreme Court...
Smoking Strictly Prohibited: How the Cyprus Museum Sold Antiquities Across a Counter
For decades the Cyprus Museum kept a saleroom in its courtyard, selling pots it judged to be...