École française d'Athènes

Not a collecting institution; its Cypriot work is fieldwork (Amathus from 1975, Shillourokambos under its administrative responsibility) and the Études Chypriotes monograph series (1996)

Karageorghis 1996

1. 1896
   Paul Perdrizet sent to Cyprus as a mission under director Homolle; brought back Greek inscriptions, published promptly (BCH 20); his letters to Pottier describe the island's collectors and dealers

   CyprusPaul PerdrizetThéophile HomolleEdmond PottierCharles FosseyCaubet 1993, p. 13Masson 1990

2. 1958
   At Karageorghis's suggestion to director G. Daux, the BCH began an annual 'Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre'; it ran every year from 1958 to 1988 and continues in shorter form

   Vassos KarageorghisGeorges DauxKarageorghis 1996

3. 1961
   Études Chypriotes series launched under Daux; vol. I is O. Masson, Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques (1961); the series later includes all volumes of La nécropole d'Amathonte

   Georges DauxOlivier MassonKarageorghis 1996

4. 1974
   After the Turkish invasion made Enkomi and Salamis inaccessible to French missions, Karageorghis proposed to director P. Amandry that the School excavate Amathus; Amandry obtained political approval and Foreign Ministry excavation-commission funding (Ph. Guillemin and J. Pouilloux decisive)

   AmathusPierre AmandryVassos KarageorghisPh. GuilleminJean PouillouxKarageorghis 1996

5. 1975
   Amathus excavation under P. Aupert (then a member of the School), later joined by A. Hermary; administrative direction stayed with the School's director (Amandry, then O. Picard, then R. Étienne)

   AmathusPierre AupertAntoine HermaryPierre AmandryOlivier PicardR. ÉtienneKarageorghis 1996Nicolaou 1976, p. 50

6. 1982–1986
   Second mission at Amathus: underwater survey and excavation of the ancient harbour under J.-Y. Empereur; completed years before 1996; Karageorghis credits his cooperation with the School with averting a modern marina over the ruins

   Amathus harbourJean-Yves EmpereurVassos KarageorghisKarageorghis 1996Karageorghis 1987

7. 1980s
   Partial restoration of the Aphrodite temple at Amathus begun with the support of Evagoras Lanitis and the School's architect M. Schmid; Karageorghis regrets it had not progressed in recent years

   AmathusEvagoras LanitisMartin SchmidKarageorghis 1996

8. 1987
   T. Petit excavating the Amathus 'palace' (acropolis); by 1996 two missions with separate directors worked on the acropole, criticised by Karageorghis as a dispersal of effort

   Amathus acropolisThierry PetitHerscher 1995Karageorghis 1996

9. 1989–1992
   Six volumes of La nécropole d'Amathonte published; the Department of Antiquities asked the School to share publication of the rescue-excavated cemeteries, costs shared with the A. G. Leventis Foundation

   AmathusKarageorghis 1996

10. 1992–1996
    Neolithic Parekklisha-Shillourokambos excavated by J. Guilaine under the School's administrative responsibility

    ParekklishaJean GuilaineKarageorghis 1996Herscher 1995