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Ernst Curtius

1814–1896 · Germany

Classical archaeologist.

Life and work

  1. 2 October 1881
    Ohnefalsch-Richter told Col. Warren that Conze and Curtius, with other high-ranking Berliners, would welcome a British permit for German excavations in Cyprus, especially at Salamis.

    Schmid 2025

Connections

5 people
Johannes BrandisLuigi Palma di CesnolaMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRobert Hamilton LangAlexander ConzeErnst Curtius
ScholarshipColleagues

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
  2. 2.H.-G. Buchholz (1989). “Max Ohnefalsch-Richter als Archäologe auf Zypern”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 11-12, 3-27.
  3. 3.Stephan G. Schmid (2025). “Was there an official German interest in the archaeology of Cyprus between 1878 and 1914?”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 69-92. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
  4. 4.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  5. 5.Isaac H. Hall (1874). “The Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City”. Journal of the American Oriental Society 10, 201-218.
  6. 6.Hans-Guenter Buchholz (2001). “Falkland Warren”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 207-215. Oxford, Oxbow.
  7. 7.Wikidata/GND record Q61407. Online