Egypt and Cyprus in AntiquityOxbow Books, 2009 M10 30 - 288 pages The international conference "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity" held in Nicosia in April 2003 filled an important gap in historical knowledge about Cyprus' relations with its neighbours. While the island's links with the Aegean and the Levant have been well documented and continue to be the subject of much archaeological attention, the exchanges between Cyprus and the Nile Valley are not as well known and have not before been comprehensively reviewed. They range in date from the mid third millennium B.C. to Late Antiquity and encompass every kind of interconnection, including political union. Their novelty lies in the marked differences between the ancient civilisations of Cyprus and Egypt, the distance between them geographically, which could be bridged only by ship, and the unusual ways they influenced each other's material and spiritual cultures. The papers delivered at the conference covered every aspect of the relationship, with special emphasis on the tangible evidence for the movement of goods, people and ideas between the two countries over a 3000 year period. |
Contents
IRONAGE edited by V Kassianidou | |
The Assimilation of Zeus Ammon in the Cypriote Pantheon | |
Le Baal | |
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PART | |
CLASSICAL ANDLATERPERIODS edited by D Michaelides | |
Antoine Hermary 15 Fusion andDiffusion IsiacCults | |
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Common terms and phrases
achéménide Adriani àla Alashiya Alasia Alexandria Amasis amphores Ancient andthe Aphrodite Archaeology archéologiques Åström avant Ballet bien bowl Bronze Age C’est calcaire century BC céramique Chypre Connelly context cult Cypriot d’Alexandrie d’Amathonte d’autres d’inhumation d’une dansle decoration découvertes dela Delta Department of Antiquities deux Egypt Égypte Egyptian égyptienne Empereur été être example Excavations fait fouilles fragments fromthe funéraire Guimier-Sorbets Hadjisavvas Harlaut Hellenistic period hellénistique Hermary hydriae iconography Idalion Inscriptions inthe Isis island Karageorghis king Kition Kourion l’Égypte l’époque l’on Lefkoniko limestone loculi Mediterranean Méditerranée Merrillees Michaelides Młynarczyk Musée n’est Naucratis Nea Paphos Nécropole Nenna Nicosia Nile ofthe onthe orientale painted Paphos Paris pâte Péluse peristyle perse peut pharaoh phéniciennes pièce pont de Gabbari pottery premier Ptolemaic qu’il région représentations Roman Salamis salle sanctuary Sarapis sculpture semble siècle silver statuette Tamassos temple tête tothe Ugarit vases Vasilia voir wares Yeronisos Zeus Ammon