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The archaeology & history of Ancient Cyprus

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Free courses on the archaeology of ancient Cyprus: lesson by lesson, illustrated with objects from the Drakopoulos collection and the world's museums.

  • The replica houses at Khirokitia seen from above: round plastered buildings on stone bases with flat earth roofs edged by a rim of pebbles, built in the 1990s from the excavators' evidence after the old picture of domed huts was set aside.

    14 lessons·about 3 hours

    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 the theatres and mosaic houses of Roman Paphos and Kourion: what the walls and roofs were made of, how to read an excavation plan, and how to tell ancient stone from modern restoration.

  • A large two-handled Bichrome IV amphora of the 7th century BC, its pale buff body painted in matt brown-black and brick red, with a frieze of lotus flowers and buds hanging from the shoulder and panels of crosses and spirals on the tall neck.

    15 lessons·about 3.5 hours

    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: how each ware was made, how to tell them apart, what the Roman numerals on a museum label mean, and how to date a pot yourself. Illustrated with 112 pieces from the Drakopoulos collection and 44 from museums.

Ancient Cyprus

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