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Scholar

Sophia Antoniadou

fl. 1998–2023

Scholar, active 1998–2023. Wrote with A. Bernard Knapp.

Life and work

  1. 1998
    With A.B. Knapp, published 'Archaeology, politics and the cultural heritage of Cyprus' in L. Meskell (ed.), Archaeology under Fire (Routledge), pp. 13-43; cited in the Cyprus and the Balance of Empires volume in a note on Cyprus's Memorandum of Understanding on cultural property.

    Given 2025Stewart et al. 2014

  2. 2004
    Trained first in Athens; completed a PhD in 2004 specialising in the Late Bronze Age (Kiely: also addresses Mediterranean connectivity and contemporary political issues in Cypriot archaeology).

    Kiely 2017

  3. 2005
    Author of 'The impact of trade on the society of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age: towards a contextual approach' (in J. Clarke (ed.), Archaeological perspectives on the transmission and transformation of culture in the Eastern Mediterranean, Oxford, pp. 66-77).

    Kiely 2017

  4. 2007
    Co-editor with A. Pace of 'Mediterranean Crossroads' (Athens).

    Kiely 2017

  5. 2023
    Co-editor with A. Lekka of 'Kypriakes archaiotetes stin Ellada. Istoriko kai nomothetiko plaisio' (Cypriot antiquities in Greece: historical and legislative framework), proceedings of the Athens conference of 22 November 2019 (Nicosia: University Publications of Cyprus; A.G. Leventis Foundation).

    AthensGiven 2025

Connections

2 people

Scholarship

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.T. Kiely (2017). “Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus II: 1914 to the present day”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 253-310. Online
  2. 2.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
  3. 3.C. A. Stewart (ed.), T. W. Davis (ed.), A. Weyl Carr (ed.) (2014). Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion. CAARI / ASOR.
  4. 4.A. B. Knapp, S. Antoniadou (1998). “Archaeology, politics and the cultural heritage of Cyprus”. Archaeology under fire: Nationalism, politics and heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, 13-43. London and New York, Routledge.
  5. 5.S. Antoniadou (2005). “The impact of trade on the society of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age: towards a contextual approach”. Archaeological perspectives on the transmission and transformation of culture in the Eastern Mediterranean, 66-77. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
  6. 6.A. Lekka (ed.), S. Antoniadou (ed.) (2023). Κυπριακές αρχαιότητες στην Ελλάδα. Ιστορικό και νομοθετικό πλαίσιο. Nicosia, University Publications of Cyprus; A. G. Leventis Foundation.
  7. 7.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.