Following a short introduction to the printed mapping of Greece in the l5th-l8th centuries, the catalogue of maps occupies the first half of the volume. The maps refer mainly to Greece, but some also include the western coast of Turkey, others Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. General maps of South-eastern Europe, the Middle East or the Ottoman Empire are omitted. The catalogue comprises 2173 entries; the maps are listed under the names of their cartographers or publishers, presented in alphabetical order, with cross-references and notes as necessary. The maps are usually mentioned with the full title of their cartouche, and the size of the typographic plates is given in centimetres. The second half of the volume is occupied by an illustrated corpus of 500 photographs of maps selected to provide a representative overview of Greek chorography. Index with numbers referring to maps.

Pages XI+145, numerous illustrations in colour

In collaboration with Bodil Bundgaard Rasmussen, Lone Sorensen, John Lund, Helle Horsnaes and Anne Marie Nielsen.

31 pp. numerous figures, XXXV plates

This volume of archaeological studies was published to celebrate the SOth anniversary of the Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus in 1985. The first paper by Karageorghis, then Director of the Department, summarizes the 50th year history of the Department and its achievements. The following 20 papers by Cypriot and foreign scholars, mostly in English but with a few in French and German, are devoted to excavations at sites of all periods from the Aceramic Neolithic through the Mediaeval undertaken between 1960 and 1985. Retrospective summaries of different periods are provided by Merrillees (Stone Age and Early and Middle Bronze Age), Muhly (Late Bronze Age), Coldstream (Geometric and Archaic), Tatton-Brown (Classical to Roman) and Megaw (Early Christian and Mediaeval). The final contribution by Ieronomachou provides a summary bibliography of Cypriot archaeology for the fifty year period 1935-1985, mainly publications of the Department of Antiquities.

This is a sumptuously illustrated guide to the examples of ancient Cypriot art housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, one of the most important collections of Cypriot material outside Cyprus. A brief history of the Cypriot collection is provided by Caubet, and an introduction to the art and archaeology of Cyprus from earliest times to the Roman period by Karageorghis. Hermary contributes brief notes on Cypriot sculpture. The major part of the volume is an exhaustive catalogue of 201 artifacts dating from the Chalcolithic to the Roman period. These include ceramics, faience and stone objects, figurines of terracotta and bronze, stone sculture and vessels and jewellery in precious metals, including some from the excavations of Schaeffer. Amathus, Athienou, Enkomi, Golgoi, Idalion, Kition, Kourion, Lapithos, Marion, Sinda and Vounous are among the Cypriot sites represented, and Minet-el-Beida and Ras Shamra among sites abroad.

In its 275 pages the book deals with numerous representations of scenes for everyday life in Cyprus, from the Early Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period, based on representations in ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, glyptics etc. These representations illustrate the occupations of Cypriote farmers,  the preparation of food, wine making, aspects of religious life, transport of people and goods by land and sea, war, hunting, fishing, music, dance, childbirth, athletics, etc. A separate appendix describes twenty one occupations of Cypriots referred to in inscriptions, e.g. medicine, acting, sculpture, weaving, metal working, architecture, pottery making, cooking, perfumery, trade etc. Two hundred and forty five illustrations (colour, black and white and drawings) supplement the information provided by the texts.

Ras Shamra-Ougarit XIII

222 pp.
32 figures, 9 plates.

203pp. numerous illustrations.

The papers published in this volume, the majority in French but with some in English, constitute the proceedings of a conference held in Paris, organized by the Musιe de l'Homme. The theme of the conference centred on aspects of daily life and traditional customs. The chronological span of the papers covers the entire duration of the inhabitation of the island from the earliest Neolithic until modern times. Neolithic and Bronze Age sites such as Khirokitia, Ayios Epiktitos-Vry.si and Hala Sultan Tekke are discussed by their excavators. Other papers are devoted to ancient artifacts such as figurines of horses and pottery types and methods of manufacture. The foreign relations of Cyprus, literacy, religious architecture and customs and olive oil production in antiquity are featured in other papers. Studies of more recent times in Cyprus include the justice system in the Lusignan period, daily life as represented in the poetry of Dimitris Lipertis and recent social change.

Actes du Colloque tenu à Nicosie, 1994, Université de Chypre et Université Lumière Lyon 2.
Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen 25.
ISSN 0766-0510

The proceedings of a conference held in Nicosia in 1994 are published in this volume. This work arose from the desire to establish new ties between the University of Lyon 2 and the University of Cyprus, and to widen the scope of collaboration in the social sciences and research on the contemporary period. Following several introductory papers devoted to relations between Cyprus and Lyon and a comparison of Cyprus and Crete in modern times, the proceedings are divided into four main sections: migrations, exchanges and territories, languages and identity, image and memories, images and representations from the west and socialization and mobility. The papers cover a wide variety of subject matter from the Armenians in Cyprus, through various linguistic studies to Cyprus in contemporary French poetry and social mobility and education in Cyprus. Each paper is accompanied by an English, French or Greek abstract.

The exhibition 'Colours of Medieval Cyprus - aspects of daily life 1191-1571' provides us with a vivid and illuminating insight into an exciting period of Cyprus's history, a period which signaled a seminal change in the island's culture. The collection of medieval artifacts in the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia gives us an understanding of daily life in the island. Through the medium of their work, we see how Cypriot artists perceived and interpreted into art, the life of the people and what was important to them in nature.

At the concluding session of the symbosium held in Rhodes on the 1st-3rd September 2005, we pledged that the proceedings would be published less than one year after the event. we are gratified that this has been possible, thanks mainly to the prompt submission of the papers by all participants. The topic of the Rhodes symposium is huge and we have certainly not exhausted it with our few communications. But we have made a start and hope that others will organize similar conferences. We inevitably put the accent on the Greek islands and Cyprus, but other island regions face equally acute problems of preservation and presentation of their cultural and natural heritage. We have in mind the islands of the Central Mediterranean and hope that the appropriate authorities will soon plan a similar symposium which will also include the Western Mediterranean. Governments as well as civic society are becoming more and more conscious of the importance of heritage, and we all have a duty to create awareness and also advise those responsible for this preservation and prsentation.

V Karageorghis and A Giannikouri

The Collection of the National Museum of Ireland and University College Dublin

pp. 170 - Numerous colour illustrations

258pp. numerous illustrations

The 25 papers published in this volume were presented at an international conference for the study of prehistoric Cypriot ceramics at the University Museum in 1989. The majority are concerned with pottery of the Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic through Late Bronze/Early Iron Age periods; two papers deal with ethnoarchaeogical evidence and one is devoted to regional classification of Cypriot terracottas. The principles of Bronze Age pottery classification and interpretation of ceramic variability are considered in the two final papers. Much dissatisfaction has recently been expressed with the present ceramic classification system; changes in this classification and new directions in studying ceramics were proposed during the conference. Such a gathering should provide a stimulus for all scholars to proceed along new lines while also encouraging more communication and cooperation between specialists. Preface by Vassos Karageorghis, foreword by James Muhly. Index. 

pP.XII + 150 nUMEROUS COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Cypriote Studies, Brussels-Liège,17-19 May,1993

Conference organized by the "Groupe de Contact interuniversitaire d'études chypriotes"/"Interuniversitaire contactgroep voor Cyprische Studies", F.N.R.S./N.F.W.O. (Belgium)

178pp. L plates

Four themes were chosen for this conference on Cypriot sculpture: origins and development, techniques and materials, foreign relations and iconography, and the papers generally follow a chronological order. Karageorghis provides a general introduction to the development of Cypriot stone sculpture, and this is followed by 19 papers (in English, French and German) of varied content. The chronological range is from the Aceramic Neolithic to the Roman period. Anthropomorphic figurines of the Neolithic are surveyed by Le Brun and Bronze Age plank figures by Lubsen-Admiraal. Merrillees discusses the carvings in the dromos of Karmi-Palealona Tomb 6 and Åström a relief-decorated stone basin fragment from Hala Sultan Tekke. For later period material individual reports cover the sculptures from Kition, Kouklia, Nea Paphos, Marion, Amathus and Miletus. Other presentations are concerned with subjects such as temple boys and the motivation for the dedication of sculptures. Indexes: I. subjects and names; II. museums and collections; III. chronology.

Proceedings of the First International Conference of Cypriote Studies, Brussels-Liège-Amsterdam, 29 May-1 June 1989

Conference organized by the "Groupe de Contact interuniversitaire d' études chypriotes"/"Interuniversitaire contactgroep voor Cyprische Studies", F.N.R.S./N.F.W.O. (Belgium)
262pp. LXXI plates

This volume contains 25 papers in English and French concerned with the coroplastic art of Cyprus, both artifacts found in Cyprus and Cypriot artifacts found abroad. Chronologically the papers range from the Chalcolithic to the Hellenistic period. Karageorghis provides a general introduction to the coroplastic art of Cyprus as a whole. Topics of prehistoric date include the Chalcolithic ritual deposit found at Kissonerga-Mosphilia, Early and Middle Bronze Age furniture models and the Late Bronze Age terracottas found at Hala Sultan Tekke. One paper surveys the terracottas of the Cypro-Geometric period. More thematic studies of the terracottas of the later periods treat subjects such as chariot models, musicians, foreign influence, terracotta workshops, continuity and change and information to be derived from the figurines concerning various aspects of everyday life. Several papers are also concerned with terracottas from specific sites such as Kourion, Marion and Lindos. Extensive index.

301pp. numerous colour illustrations 1 map
Languages: English and Greek in parallel texts.

This volume was published to accompany an exhibition of Cypriote icons of the 10th to 20th centuries held at the Hellenic Centre in London in November and December 2000. The exhibition was sponsored by the A.G. Leventis Foundation. The 67 catalogued icons were lent by the various bishoprics and monasteries of Cyprus. Introductory chapters are devoted to religious painting in Cyprus over two millennia (Sophocleous), the Church of Cyprus: a historical retrospective (Mitsides), hermitages and monasteries in Cyprus (Perdikis), the spiritual tradition of Cypriote saints (Fotiou), the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Mettis) and the Hellenic presence in Great Britain (Tillyrides). The catalogue (pp. 105-275) provides full information on the date, provenance and size of each icon, together with details of its conservation, style and subject matter. Each icon is illustrated in a full page colour plate, in some cases together with enlarged details. A glossary, chronological table and bibliography complete the volume.

Out of print

193pp. numerous illustrations

Languages: English and Dutch

This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition of Cypriot antiquities at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in 1989. Karageorghis provides an overview of one hundred years of Cypriot archaeology, followed by chapters on the goddess Aphrodite (after Jacqueline Karageorghis) and on various aspects of modern Cyprus. There follows a lengthy outline of the history and culture of Cyprus from the Neolithic through post-Roman times. Webb contributes a chapter on ideology and ritual from the earliest times to the Classical period, and this is followed by a 45 page catalogue of the 308 items in the exhibition which range in date from the Aceramic Neolithic to the Late Roman period. Many of the artifacts were loaned by the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, and other district museums in Cyprus; others were obtained from collections in Europe and the USA. The volume ends with a brief bibliography. 

Out of print

viii + 56pp.19 figures x plates

The six papers about the Late Cypriot Bronze Age published in this volume were originally presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research at Dallas, Texas, in December 1983. The topics include the excavations at Maroni-Vournes (Cadogan), Kalavasos Ayios Dhimitrios (South), Pyla-Kokkinokremos and Maa-Palaeokastro (Karageorghis), together with the pottery of Maroni and regionalism in the Late Bronze Age (Herscher), the characteristics and historical context of Mycenaean IIIC: lb pottery on the island (Kling) and the role of the Sea Peoples in Cyprus during the LC III period (Muhly). The relationship of historically attested events to the Cypriot archaeological record at the end of the Late Bronze Age is discussed in several papers. Foreword by V. Karageorghis and preface by J.D. Muhly.

Out of print

xvi + 404pp. approx. 135 figures (photographs, line drawings, charts and tables).

This volume constitutes the proceedings of a conference held in Edinburgh in 1988. The 40 papers cover a wide range of subjects divided into six categories: settlement evidence, funerary evidence, religion, artefact evidence, trade and external influence and the emergence of social complexity. Poster summaries are also included. Chronologically the papers cover the long span from the earliest prehistoric period down to Classical times. Rather than following a strictly chronological approach, the thematic organization of the conference allowed speakers to take similar sets of information derived from widely different periods, and to juxtapose and assess the different interpretative methodologies used by the specialists. The overall scope of the conference and the large number of contributors are illustrative of the vitality of Cypriot archaeology today. Foreword by V. Karageorghis and Envoi by David Ridgway. Chronological table and subject index.

206pp. 242 photographs in black and white and colour.

Karageorghis undertook more than 20 years of excavation at the important site of Salamis near the eastern coast of Cyprus while he was Director of the Department of Antiquities. His fascinating discoveries in the royal necropolis and the Classical period city have been amply published in a major series of archaeological reports published in previous years. The purpose of this present volume is to present the more human aspect of the excavations and to illustrate the atmosphere of the period. 
Delightful photographs illustrate the people who worked at the site or visited the excavations, ranging from Symeon Klonaris to the Archbishop Makarios and Sir Mortimer Wheeler.

34pp. Numerous line drawings and black and white photographs

This booklet, in both English and Greek, traces the development of female costume in Cyprus from the earliest period for which there is evidence down to modern times. 
Four main chapters by Vassos Karageorgis, Joanna Christoforaki, Efrosini Rizopoulou Igoumenidou and Elena Strogyliotou are devoted to ancient times (5000 B.C to 3rd century A.D.), the Mediaeval period (4th to 16th centuries), modern times (18th -20th centuries) and the 20th century respectively. 
The publication is designed to accompany a fashion show at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia and an outdoor event which was held in the streets of Nicosia.

Sixteen scholars from Cyprus, various European countries and the USA participated in this conference on the ceramic art of ancient Cyprus. The communications published in this volume (in English and French) cover a broad chronological range from the Neolithic to the Roman period. Three papers (by Åström, Cauber/ Merrilees and Herscher) are devoted to the Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age period. Two contributions (by Steel and Yon) treat different aspects of the ceramics of the Late Bronze Age. These are followed by a paper by Iacovou which is concerned with figurative representations on eleventh century B.C Cypriote pottery. The second half of the volume contains nine papers (by Karageorghis, Nys, Kourou, Hermary, Cassimatis, Vandenabeele, Michaelides and Laffineur) on ceramics of the Iron Age to the Roman period. Their subject matter includes pictorial style decoration, vases with anthropomorphic askoi, Magenta Ware and the Amathus style. The originality of ancient Cypriote art is perhaps best known from its ceramics, and the study of the exuberant character of Cypriote ceramics and the tendency of the Cypriote potter to use human and animal elements in the decoration of vessels leads to a better understanding of the art of ancient Cyprus and its culture in general; it also provides evidence of interconnections in the Mediterranean and the relationship of Cyprus with her neighbours. Preface by V. Karageorghis. 
Indexes: I. subjects and names; II. museums and collections: III. chronology.

This volume, with complete text in both English and Greek, concerning the life and work of the Cypriot painter George Polyviou Georgiou (1901-1972) was published to accompany an exhibition of his work in Nicosia and London in 1999. Following a 35 page introduction to the work of Georgiou and his relationship with modernism and other source of inspiration, 114 of his paintings are reproduced in colour, together with details of medium, size, date and present location. There is a three page chronological table of the major events of his life at the end of the volume.

224pp. 1 fold–out site plan, 21 plans, 92 figures.

The site of Amathus lies on the southern coast of Cyprus 10km. ENE of Limassol. Discoveries have been made on the site since Lusignan times, and excavations were initially undertaken by British and Swedish archaeologists in 1893-94 and 1930 respectively. More recently, French scholars from the École française d’Athènes resumed excavation in 1975 and these excavations are still continuing. Archaeologists from the Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus have also been excavating various sectors since 1959. This volume summarizes all research undertaken on the site to date; more detailed specialist reports are listed below.

The area surrounding the site of Amathus is known from field survey to have been settled since the earliest Neolithic. Bronze Age remains are rare in the region. Following the initial settlement at Amathus itself ca. 1100 B.C., lengthy occupation has been attested by excavation in the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, lasting until the destruction of the city at the time of the Arab raids. The site consists of a walled acropolis with an associated lower town and port. Extensive necropoleis also exist adjacent to it. The six chapters of the guide are devoted to the geographical setting, the history of the excavations, the history of the town and the kingdom of Amathus, a detailed description of the architectural remains and the necropoleis, a summary of the history of settlement in the region and notes on finds from Amathus on display in the Limassol District Museum. Extensive bibliography, glossary and index

59pp. numerous illustrations.

This book is designed for children. Two terracotta figurines from the 3rd century B.C. live in a display case in the British Museum. They are united by a deep love. Their desire for freedom leads them to set out on a voyage full of adventures in which each young reader has to take part. Against the landscape of Cyprus with heroes from the permanent exhibition of Cypriot antiquities, a close link is created between the exhibits and the children which leads to knowledge and to their hearts.

Out of print.

Symposium held in Lyons November 5th-6th 1991.

254pp. 113 illustrations.

This "Round Table" was organized in 1991 when an exhibition on French excavations in Cyprus came to Lyon. The proceedings (all published both in English and French) are divided into four main sections: the frst scholars, prehistoric and Bronze Age periods, historical times and ethnoarchaeology. The first section chronicles the visits of early travellers and French interest in Cyprus prior to the 1930s. The history of the Cypriot collection in the Louvre and a study of the relationship between the French School at Athens and Cyprus are also included. The second section is devoted to the excavations at the Neolithic sites of Cape Andreas and Khirokitia, at Late Bronze Age Enkomi and the French contribution to the Late Bronze Age as a whole. Under the heading of historical times are discussed the excavations at Kition, Salamis, Paphos (Ktima necropolis) and Amathus. The results of an ethnoarchaeological study of the village of Episkopi (Paphos District) are extensively reported in the final part of the volume.

Cyprus never had in its history direct cultural relations with Romania; there were periods, however, when the cultures of the two countries had close relations, particularly during the early Prehistoric period, when we recognize common characteristics in religious practices, namely in the cult of the Great Goddess of fertility. During the Archaic period the "Homeric'" burials with rich tomb gifts are encountered both in Cyprus (Salamis, Palaepaphos ) and in Romania (necropolis of Istria). No doubt both Cyprus and Romania were under the influence of the rich cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East. These common characteristics were underlined during an exhibition of ancient Cypriote art in 2005, when a collection of Cypriote antiquities, on loan from the Medelhavsmuseet of Stockholm, was exhibited in the National History Museum in Bucharest.

It was then that the idea was conceived to publish and make known a small collection of Cypriote antiquities which are now in the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Romania in Bucharest. This collection was donated to the Institute after the end of the First World War by the collector Prince Michael Soutsos, a descendant of a princely family of Phanariotes and a scholar in his own right (1841-1933). The largest part of his collection consisted mainly of Greek antiquities. He traveled extensively in Egypt and Europe and had connections with the scholars of that period, particularly the French. The Romanians consider Michael Soutsos as one of the great benefactors and patrons of their Academy of Sciences. The small collection of Cypriote antiquities comprises vases dating from the Early Bronze Age to the Archaic period and some limestone heads of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. They were purchased, in all probability from Cesnola.

The main purpose of the publication of this Collection b y the Leventis Foundation (edited by V. Karageorghis) is to encourage the study of the civilization of Cyprus in Romania, a country where classical studies were flourishing in the past and which had close connections with the Greek world, especially during the period of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. This publication was requested also by the Romanian colleagues themselves for the purpose mentioned above, especially now that their country is about to join the European Union.

Apart from the description and archaeological evaluation of the objects of the collection and two objects from the University Museum of Timisoara, the book comprises the following chapters: The cult of the Great Goddess of Cyprus during the early Prehistoric period, by Dr Jacqueline Karageorghis; the cult of the Great Goddess in Romania during the Chalcolithtic period, by Prof. Silvia Marinescu-Bîlcu; the "Homeric" burials in the necropolis of Histria by Prof. Academician Petre Alexandrescu; the "Homeric" burials in Cyprus by Prof. V. Karageorghis. The chapter on the history of the collection and a lengthy account of the personality of Michael Soutsos has been written by Prof. Maria Alexandrescu-Vianu.

This book is the result of many years of research about the origin of the cult of the Goddess of fertility in Cyprus from the Prehistoric period  onwards, when the Goddess developed as Astarte-Aphrodite. The author puts forward a very interesting theory about the adoption of Aphrodite by the Achaean Greeks and her ascent to Mount Olymbus at the beginning of the 12^th century B.C.   -  The book contains numerous references to ancient Greek and Latin authors and to inscriptions and representations of the Goddess found throughout Cyprus. The text (269 pages and 329 illustrations) contains also a lengthy and up to date bibliography.         The author of the book collaborated over several years with the program of the Cyprus Tourist Organization “Aphrodite’s Cultural Route”, which uncovered vestiges of the cult of the Goddess in various museums and archeological sites and included  visits to natural spots throughout the island, connected with the myth of Aphrodite.