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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Agapenor Aghios Photios Amathus ancient antiquities Aphrodite appears archaic Assyrian Athieno bas-relief bowls British Museum bronze Caimakam called Cape 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 Greece Greek ground head Height hill Idalium inches incised inscription intaglio island King Kings of Cyprus Kouklia Lapethus Larnaca later limestone lion Lusignan Mustafa Neo-Paphos Nicosia objects Onesilos ornament Paphos Pasha patera patterns pedestal Persian Phoenician plain pottery priest probably Ptolemy remains represented rock ruins Salamis sarcophagus sard scarabæoid Schmidt sculptures side signet silver small scarabæus Soli sphinxes statues statuette stone Strabo style Tamassus temple terra-cotta terra-cotta vase Throni tion tombs town traces Treasure Turkish Turks Venus village wall white marble XPHCTE καὶ τοῦ ΧΑΙΡΕ
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