Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples: A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in that IslandHarper & Brothers, 1878 - 456 oldal |
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Aghios Photios Amathus ancient antiquities appears archaic Assyrian Athieno bas-relief bowls British Museum bronze Caimakam called carnelian Carpassia Ceccaldi Cerynia Cesnola Chimæra Cinyras Citium Consul copper Curium Cypriote Cyprus Cythrea Dali diggers discovered earth Egyptian engraved Evagoras excavations explorations Famagosta feet figure goddess gold ring Golgoi Greek ground head hill Idalium inches incised inscription intaglio island King Kings of Cyprus Kouklia Lapethus Larnaca LENOX AND TILDEN letters limestone lion Lusignan Mustafa Neo-Paphos Nicosia objects Onesilos ornament Paphos Pasha patera patterns pedestal Persian Phoenician pottery priest probably Ptolemy PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR represented rock ruins Salamis sarcophagus sard scarabæoid Schmidt sculptures side signet silver Soli sphinxes statues statuette stone style Tamassus temple terra-cotta terra-cotta vase TILDEN FOUNDATIONS tion tombs town traces Turkish Turks Venus village wall white marble XPHCTE YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ἐν καὶ τῆς τὸν τοῦ ΧΑΙΡΕ ΧΕΡΕ
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