Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity : Proceedings of the International Conference, Nicosia 2003
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. T
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Conference Programme; Contributors to this Volume; Part I. Bronze Age; 1. Alas(h)i(y)a (Irs) and Asiya (Isy) in Ancient Egyptian Sources Kenneth A. Kitchen; 2. Peuples, états et cités. Enquête sur la cartographie géopolitique égyptienne Nicolas Grimal; 3. The Stone Vases of the Philia Culture from Vasilia: Cypriote, Egyptian or Other? Robert S. Merrillees; 4. A Contribution from Tell el-Dabca/cEzbet Helmi to the Cyprus Connection at the Turn of Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age Irmgard Hein. 5. Embracing the New: the Perception of Cypriot Pottery in Egypt Linda Hulin6. ""May he send me silver in very great quantities"" EA 35 Vasiliki Kassianidou; Part II. Iron Age; 7. The Relations between Egypt and Cyprus from Neo-Assyrian to Achaemenid Rule (7th-6th Cent. B.C.) Andreas Mehl; 8. The Relations of Egyptian Iconography and Symbolism with the Royal Ideology of Cypriot City Kingdoms Pavlos Flourentzos. 9. L'Égypte, Chypre et la route de Péluse à Gaza: approche micro-régionale des politiques stratégiques des derniers souverains égyptiens et achéménides (610-332 av. J.-C.) Claire Balandier10. Divinités égyptiennes à Chypre à l'époque archaïque Sabine Fourrier; 11. From Siwa to Cyprus: The Assimilation of Zeus Ammon in the Cypriote Pantheon Derek B. Counts; 12. Le Baal d'Amathonte et le Bès égyptien Isabelle Tassignon; 13. Representations of Cypriote Scribes and Carriers of Written Documents: a Link with Egypt? Frieda Vandenabeele; Part III. Classical and Later Periods. 14. Un Apollon Chypriote aux Boucles Libyques Antoine Hermary15. Fusion and Diffusion. Isiac Cults in Ptolemaic and Roman Cyprus Aristodemos Anastasiades; 16. Ptolemaic Art and the Legitimation of Power Emilia Dina Vassiliou; 17. Les relations culturelles entre l'Égypte et Chypre: la céramique d'Alexandrie et de Paphos Pascale Ballet; 18. Modèles alexandrins? Apport des fouilles et prospections récentes dans la nécropole occidentale d'Alexandrie à la connaissance de l'architecture funéraire hellénistique et impériale Marie-Dominique Nenna. 19. Twilight of the Ptolemies: Egyptian Presence on Late Hellenistic Yeronisos Joan Breton Connelly20. Sailors and Artisans: the Egyptian Connections of Ceramic Finds from Yeronisos Jolanta Mlynarczyk; 21. Alexandrian Infl uences on the Architecture and Decoration of the Hellenistic Tombs of Cyprus Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets and Demetrios Michaelides; 22. Alexandrian Elements in Cypriot Burial Customs of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Danielle A. Parks
23. La contribution des conteneurs commerciaux à l'histoire des échanges entre Chypre et l'Égypte de l'èpoque archaïque à l'èpoque romaine tardive Antigone Marangou et Sylvie Marchand