Cyprus : Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples: A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence as American Consul in that IslandJohn Murray, 1878 - 448 oldal |
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Amathus ancient Aphrodite appears archaic Assyrian Athenian Athieno belonged bowls bracelets British Museum bronze Caimakam called Cape carnelian Carpassia Ceccaldi Cerynia Cesnola Cinyras Citium Consul copper Crommyon Curium Cypriote Cyprus Dali Demetrius Demetrius Poliorcetes diggers discovered Egypt Egyptian engraved Evagoras excavations Famagosta feet figure fleet foundations fragments frieze goddess Gold ring Golgoi Greece Greek hand head height hill Idalium inches inscription Ionians island King of Citium Kings of Cyprus Kittim Kouklia Ktima Kypria Lapethus Larnaca latter lion Lusignan Lycian marble monarch Mount Mustafa native Neo-Paphos Nicosia objects Onesilus ornament Paphos Pasha patera Persian Phoenician pottery priest probably Ptolemy Pygmalion remains represented ruins Salaminians Salamis sarcophagus scarabæoid scarabæus sculptures sent ships side signet silver Soli Sphinxes statues Statuette stone style Tamassus temple TERRA-COTTA TERRA-COTTA VASE tion Tiribazus tombs town traced Turkish Turks Venus village wall καὶ τοῦ ΧΑΙΡΕ
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