Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Government department

Evkaf (Cyprus)

Cyprus

Government department. 2 people in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1905
    The 1905 Antiquities Law gave the Chief Cadi a seat on the Cyprus Museum committee; the law was amended in 1928 to read 'Turkish Delegate of Evkaf' in place of Chief Cadi.

    Stylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, n. 19Merrillees 2005, p. 7

  2. 1920–1939
    Pilides' book on Jeffery, as reviewed by Trelat, shows Jeffery first hostile to converting medieval churches to mosques, then in the 1920s-1930s accepting the Evkaf as a legitimate partner in his work.

    George JefferyTrélat 2011

  3. 1927–1928
    Jeffery, in agreement with the Evkaf, used a small building next to the Turkish Lyceum in Nicosia for an Architectural Museum (Musee Lapidaire) of medieval fragments, partly funded by the Evkaf, after his proposal to use the church of St Nicholas was not taken up.

    NicosiaGeorge JefferyStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 87

  4. from 1960
    After 1960 excavation, repair and restoration of monuments was undertaken mainly in collaboration with the Church authorities and the Evkaf.

    Stylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 62

People

2 people

Staff and members · 2

Sources

  1. 1.J. L. Myres (1897). “Excavations in Cyprus in 1894”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 17, 134-173. Online
  2. 2.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.
  3. 3.Philippe Trélat (2011). “Review of Despina Pilides, George Jeffery: His Diaries and the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus (Nicosia, 2009)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41, 357-.
  4. 4.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online