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Sabine Rogge Waxmann, 2007, Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien, ISBN: 9783830919223, pp. 236, p/b, CY£ / € "Begegnungen, materielle Kulturen auf Zypern bis in die römische Zeit" – so lautete der Titel einer Tagung, zu der eine Gruppe von Studentinnen im März 2005 an die Universität Hamburg eingeladen hatte. Die Tagung bot jüngeren Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit, ihre aktuellen Forschungen zum antiken Zypern vorzustellen. Die meisten der in Hamburg gehaltenen Vorträge liegen nun in diesem Band vor. Dem Leser präsentiert sich ein weites Spektrum zyprischer Archäologie – sowohl in thematischer als auch chronologischer Hinsicht: zyprische Räuchergeräte (Thymiateria), Bankettdarstellungen auf zyprischen Vasen der geometrischen und archaischen Zeit, aufwendige archaische Grabbauten in Tamassos, der hellenistisch-römische Tempel für gräco-ägyptische Gottheiten in Soli, sakrale Banketträume auf Zypern sowie im Vorderen Orient, die frühchristliche Kirche Panagia Angeloktistos in Kiti und die archäologischen Aktivitäten auf Zypern im 19. Jahrhundert.
Vassos Karageorghis Ekdotiki Athinon, 1976, pp.230, h/b, d/j, CY£21.00 Out-of-print for a long time, available at our bookshop.
Clea C. Hadjistephanou Kyproepeia, Cyprus, 2004, ISBN: 9963628400, pp.127, p/b, CY£10.50
Have you ever thought about athletes who participated in the Olympic Games in
ancient times and their struggle to be there, but they had to travel from a
place as far away as Cyprus? Well, this book comes at an appropriate time. It
answers a number of questions on athletic life in general as it was manifested
in ancient Cyprus, a crossroads of the then known world. This book, the first of
its kind in Cyprus bibliography, deals with athletic life in ancient Cyprus over
a long period of time, from its settlement by the Greeks in the 15th century BC
until the end of the Roman period around 330 AD. This is an interesting period
during which great historical events took place. In sports too, significant
developments in ideas, the character and spirit of games, the running and
function of "gymnasia" etc. Yet, as the author shows, athletics in Cyprus
followed the tradition and developments of Greek athletics in general. Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2004, ISBN: 87-7289-965-5, pp. 307, 28 maps, h/b, d/j, CY£33.00 The earliest roads in Cyprus go back to The Bronze Age, and by the end of the Hellenistic period the road network encircled the entire Island. More roads were added and older roads rebuilt during the Roman period to serve the needs of the provincial administration as well as of the individual cities. This book, the first on Its subject, traces the development of the Cypriot road network over a period of a thousand years, drawing on a combination of archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources. Separate chapters deal with travelers and life on the road, transport technology and the legal and administrative context of road building. It is often assumed that the primary purpose of Roman road building was military domination, but, as this study demonstrates, road development in Cyprus is best understood in terms of communication between cities and their territories and the day-to-day exchanges between town and countryside. Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg.
Edited by Vassos Karagerghis and Ioannis Taifacos Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis, Nicosia, 2004, Proceedings of an International Conference held at the Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis, Nicosia, September 18-21, 2003 and organized by the Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis and the Faculty of Letters, University of Cyprus, ISBN: 9963-560-57-1, p/b, pp. 423, CY£29.40 Casson (Stanley), Ancient Cyprus, Its Art and
Archaeology, Methuen
& Co, London, 1937, pp.214, h/b, o/p, £57 Papadopoulos
(Theodore), History of Cyprus, Volume I – Ancient History,
Greek Edition, Volumes 2-10 forthcoming Strand (Wilson E.), Voices of Stone: The History of Ancient Cyprus, Zavallis Press Ltd, Nicosia, 1974, first edition, pp. 166, b/w photographs, plates, maps and line drawings, p/b, fairly good condition, £12; h/b, o/p, £23.50 |
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