Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian · Scholar

F. Unger

fl. 1862–1865

Traveller and scholar, active 1862–1865. Wrote with Th. Kotschy.

Life and work

  1. 1862
    Visited the Royal Tomb (Spilaion tis Regainas) at Kouklia a few weeks before de Vogue, with Th. Kotschy, and noticed the slope of the chamber roof; both authors state the second inscription was found in the debris.

    KoukliaMaier 1992, n. 15Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 78 n. 21

  2. 1865
    Published Die Insel Cypern (Vienna) with Th. Kotschy, including a description of the Kouklia tomb.

    ViennaCobham 1908Maier 1992, n. 15

Connections

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Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.F. G. Maier (1992). “A tomb of Paphian Kings: the 'Spilaion tis Regainas' at Kouklia-Arkalon”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 18. Online
  2. 2.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
  3. 3.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  4. 4.F. Unger, Th. Kotschy (1865). Die Insel Cypern ihrer physischen und organischen Natur nach mit Rücksicht auf ihre frühere Geschichte. Vienna, Braumüller.