Topic
Animals
Wild and domestic animals of ancient Cyprus, from the extinct dwarf hippopotamus to cattle, deer and birds, known from bones, images and figurines.
9 entries in 5 sections
Pottery
1 entrySection overview
Statues
3 entriesSection overview
Base Ring Bull VesselsHand-built Base Ring ware pouring vessels in the form of a bull, made in Late Bronze Age Cyprus and found in tombs, settlements and sanctuaries.Late Bronze Age
Horse and Rider FigurinesTerracotta figurines of a mounted rider, dedicated in sanctuaries and placed in tombs across Iron Age Cyprus, most abundantly in the Cypro-Archaic period.Cypro-GeometricCypro-Archaic
Red Polished Zoomorphic Vessels and Animal FigurinesRed Polished ware animal figurines, animal protomes applied to vessels, and animal-shaped askoi of Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, mostly from tombs.Early Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze Age
Daily Life
1 entrySection overview
Environment
2 entriesSection overview
Birds in Ancient CyprusThe birds of ancient Cyprus, known from hunted bones at the earliest sites and from birds modelled, painted and carved in Bronze and Iron Age art.Cyprus Before HumansNeolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-Classical
The Environment of Ancient CyprusSectionThe natural setting of ancient Cyprus, covering its climate, coasts and forests, the earthquakes that struck its towns, and its birds.
Chronology
2 entriesSection overview
Cyprus Before Humans: Dwarf Hippos, Dwarf Elephants and the First VisitorsPleistocene Cyprus, an oceanic island of dwarf hippos, dwarf elephants, a genet and an endemic mouse, and its first human visitors at Akrotiri-Aetokremnos.Cyprus Before Humans
Neolithic CyprusThe period c. 9000–3900 BCE in which farmers from the mainland settled Cyprus, built villages of circular houses, and later adopted pottery.Neolithic