Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Archaeologist

Avner Raban

fl. 1971–1995

Archaeologist, active 1971–1995. Worked at Salamis, Kyrenia and Lapithos. Worked with Elisha Linder.

Life and work

  1. 1971
    With Elisha Linder came to Cyprus to conduct harbour surveys at Salamis, Kyrenia, Lapithos, Marion Polis and Nea Paphos.

    CyprusHarpster 2018

  2. 1995
    Published 'The heritage of ancient harbour engineering in Cyprus and the Levant' in Cyprus and the Sea (Nicosia). Harpster cites it for the 1971 survey; City of Gold 2012 (note 4) cites p. 165 for a Hellenistic date for the construction of a harbour whose blocks are still visible.

    Harpster 2018Childs et al. 2012

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Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Matthew Harpster (2018). “Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation”. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer. Online
  2. 2.A. Raban (1995). “The heritage of ancient harbour engineering in Cyprus and the Levant”. Cyprus and the Sea, 139-188. Nicosia, University of Cyprus / Cyprus Ports Authority.
  3. 3.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.