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Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean
Alex Christofi
Bloomsbury Continuum
Excavations it is cited for
5 projects- 1880–1882Salamis: Ohnefalsch-Richter for the British MuseumDirected by Max Ohnefalsch-RichterExcavation
- 1882Enkomi: the South Kensington Museum tomb excavationsDirected by George Gordon HakeExcavation
- 1883Idalion: Ohnefalsch-Richter's excavations for the British Museum, 1883Directed by Max Ohnefalsch-RichterExcavation
- 1991–2004Parekklisha-Shillourokambos: the French missionDirected by Jean Guilaine, Jean-Denis Vigne and François BrioisExcavation
- UndatedDhrymou: Besh-Besh's digging for CesnolaDirected by Bostantus BeshesClearance and early digging
Who did what
37 recordsBuying, selling and giving 18
- p. 113
Robert Hamilton LangExported
Sir Robert Hamilton Lang shipped antiquities he found in Cyprus to Glasgow.
- p. 113
Thomas Backhouse SandwithExported
AllegedThe author alleges that T.B. Sandwith took to Scotland what he had robbed in Cyprus.
- p. 114
Cesnola had antiquities filling his house and adjoining rented warehouses in Larnaca.
- p. 114
Luigi Palma di CesnolaExported
Cesnola shipped his collection to Britain after hearing of a possible export ban.
his collection of antiquitiesfrom Cyprus to Britain
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaExported
Luigi Cesnola hurriedly shipped everything he had to Britain.
- p. 115
Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaHad objects seized
Antiquities from storehouses in Enkomi and Ormidia were confiscated after Alessandro was tried.
- 1870–1876 · p. 116
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSold toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Cesnola agreed to sell his collection to the Metropolitan Museum for £1,200.
£1,200New York
- 1871–1876 · p. 116
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSold toBritish Museum
Cesnola sold a substantial series of antiquities directly to the British Museum through Birch.
more than eighty vases, terracottas and other objectsNo. 1876.9-9, 1 à 127300 livresLondon
- 1871 · p. 116
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSold toAugustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers
General Pitt-Rivers acquired a face bead at the Cesnola sale in London.
- 1876 · p. 116
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSold toKensington Museum
Cesnola sold about one hundred pieces of Cypriot pottery to the South Kensington Museum.
about a hundred pieces of Cypriot potteryNo. 2067-1876 to 2169-1876£100London
- 1876 · p. 116
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSold toFitzwilliam Museum
Luigi Palma di Cesnola sold the flask to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Snake-coil decorated flaskNo. GR.61.1876
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaConnected withNapoleon III
The Cesnolas negotiated with Napoleon III about shipping the collection to the Louvre.
the whole collection
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaRecorded
The Cesnolas courted Russian officials for the Hermitage Museum.
With Russian officials
- 1883 · p. 117
Gaston Louis FeuardentIn litigation withLuigi Palma di Cesnola
Feuardent sued Cesnola for defamation after Cesnola accused him of stealing an anthropomorphic vase.
Accusation concerning an anthropomorphic vaseNo. 22231
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaRecorded
Cesnola accidentally lost 5,000 Cypriot antiquities at sea.
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- 1892 · p. 119
Emma TurnerBequeathed toBritish Museum
Emma Turner bequeathed funds to the British Museum, which financed excavations in Cyprus.
a bequest used to finance excavations in Cyprus
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Ronald StorrsRecorded
Ronald Storrs lost antiquities and other possessions when Government House burned.
two Greek torsos, a Roman head, and Byzantine icons
- 1867 · p. 255
Edmond DuthoitPassed objects toLouvre
Edmond Duthoit took the original urn from Amathus to the Louvre.
the original 14-ton urn
Excavation 11
- 2004 · p. 7
Jean-Denis VigneFound
Jean-Denis Vigne uncovered a 9,500-year-old grave at Shillourokambos.
a grave containing a man and an eight-month-old kitten
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Bostantus BeshesDug forLuigi Palma di Cesnola
According to villagers questioned by D.G. Hogarth, Besh-Besh dug at Dhrymou for Luigi Palma di Cesnola and found terracottas and statuettes.
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George Henry BokerHelpedLuigi Palma di Cesnola
George Henry Boker helped Cesnola obtain an Ottoman firman to dig.
- 1876–1879 · p. 115
Alessandro (Alexander) Palma di CesnolaExcavated
Alexander Palma di Cesnola excavated some of the pig-shaped rattles between 1876 and 1879.
No. 1665-1677
- 1879–1883 · p. 119
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterDug forCharles Newton
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter excavated the eastern acropolis on behalf of Charles Newton.
Stone sculptures and terracotta figurines depicting femaleseastern acropolis of Idalion
- 1880–1890 · p. 119
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterDug forBritish Museum
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter excavated at Salamis as part of research for the British Museum.
floor mosaic
- 1882 · p. 119
George Gordon HakeDug forSouth Kensington Museum
Hake conducted most of the fieldwork for the South Kensington Museum's excavations, exploring about 45 tombs.
some 45 tombsbetween the monastery of St. Barnabas and the village of Enkomi
- 1883–1885 · p. 119
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterDug forCyprus Museum
Ohnefalsch-Richter excavated at Hagia Paraskevi with state prisoners for the Cyprus Museum.
tombs in the old necropolisNo. Grab 3/1884
- 1886 · p. 119
Vicomte Eugène de Castillon de Saint-VictorExcavated
M. le Vicomte E. de Castillon de St Victor opened rich Greco-Phoenician tombs at Episkopi.
- 1894 · p. 119
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterDug forPrussian government
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter excavated at Idalion for the Prussian government.
spots S1, N2, and trench 6
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Colin ThubronFound
Colin Thubron came upon a barnacled shape caught in the seabed while exploring offshore.
Amathus
Recording and study 5
- 1877–1904 · p. 12
Luigi Palma di CesnolaEmployed byNew York Metropolitan Museum of Art
The trustees hired Cesnola to unpack, arrange and classify the collection.
$500 a monthNew York
- 1872 · p. 115
Hiram HitchcockPublished material ofLuigi Palma di Cesnola
Hiram Hitchcock published an essay about Luigi Palma di Cesnola and his antiquities.
Cesnola’s discoveries and antiquities
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaConnected withRollin & Feuerdent
The Cesnolas exhibited items at Rollin & Feuerdent's premises.
Great Russell Street
- 1888 · p. 117
William GoodyearConnected withLuigi Palma di Cesnola
William Goodyear examined Cypriot vases at Cesnola's request and found them problematic.
Luigi Palma di CesnolaFoundedNew York's Metropolitan Museum
Luigi Palma di Cesnola used what he had looted, by his own account, to help found New York's Metropolitan Museum.
Posts and family 3
- 1865 · p. 113
Luigi Palma di CesnolaEmployed byUnited States
Cesnola was appointed United States Consul to Cyprus.
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Luigi Palma di CesnolaEmployed byRussia
Cesnola also took a job as the Russian Consul while he was in Cyprus.
- p. 115
Luigi Palma di CesnolaSibling ofAlessandro (Alexander) Palma di Cesnola
Luigi Palma di Cesnola and Alessandro Palma di Cesnola were brothers.