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Cyprus : its ancient cities, tombs, and temples : a narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' residence
Born in Italy, Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904) settled in the United States and fought for the North in the American Civil War, becoming a cavalry colonel. Appointed by Abraham Lincoln, he then served as consul to Cyprus from 1865 to 1877. As an amateur archaeologist, he directed excavations throughout the island. In this 1877 publication, including maps and illustrations, Cesnola gives a useful sketch of Cypriot history and contemporary customs in addition to providing an important record of his archaeological practices and discoveries. He covers a number of ancient settlements where significant finds were made, notably Paphos, Amathus and Kourion. Many of the uncovered artefacts were controversially removed from Cyprus and sold to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art; Cesnola served as its first director. His brother Alessandro's Salaminia (1882), recording his own excavations and discoveries in Cyprus, is also reissued in this series.
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The Material Culture of the Northern Sea Peoples in Israel
This monograph is the product of Stern's two decades of excavation at Tel Dor on the Carmel Coast, a city that Egyptian sources indicate was ruled in the eleventh century BCE by a Sikil king. Near the end of the period during which he directed excavations there, Stern began to notice the unique material culture of the Northern Sea Peoples and connected this material with discoveries in adjacent regions and in the north of Israel. A related survey of the 'Akko Valley conducted by Avner Raban resulted in a further accumulation of data that supported the conclusion that the Sea Peoples that Egyptian sources indicated had settled in this region had in fact left behind evidence of their presence. This realization preceded the appearance of additional information-both material culture and inscriptions-that reflected the presence of Northern Sea Peoples throughout portions of northern Syria and southern Anatolia.Two main principles guide Stern's study. (1) Historical sources provide the best evidence for contemporary events-in this case, specifically, the evidence concerns the Sikils and Sherden, as well as biblical sources that refer to Northern Sea Peoples as \"Philistines\" and that recount their wars with Israel in the north of the land, in the Jezreel Valley, and in Gilboa. (2) Ethnic archaeology is a genuine concept: every people that settles in any area naturally leaves marks of its own culture. The conclusion that is traced here, then, is that the culture of the Northern Sea Peoples, though difficult to identify, nonetheless did leave clear evidence that becomes apparent when the relevant strata at sites along the coast from the Yarkon and farther north and in the 'Akko and Jezreel Valleys are examined.In this volume Stern presents the most complete picture that can be drawn from the evidence uncovered in the past few decades. Lavish illustrations accompany the discussion.
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The Date of the Sardis Synagogue in Light of the Numismatic Evidence
In the 1960s excavations at the site of Sardis in Lydia brought to light the remains of a large and richly decorated synagogue building. The synagogue was installed in a preexisting Roman bath and gymnasium complex along one of Sardis' main thoroughfares. Based largely on the coins discovered beneath the mosaic floors, the excavators have dated the synagogue's construction to the mid to fourth century C.E. In this paper I reexamine the numismatic evidence and conclude that the synagogue was constructed about two centuries later. Dating the synagogue to the mid sixth century places the building and the Jewish community it served in a different historical setting.
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Cypriote Imitations of Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware from Toumba tou Skourou
A series of Tell el-Yahudiyeh juglets found at Toumba tou Skourou in northwest Cyprus are to be dated, according to their context, to the initial phase of Late Cypriote I. Juglets of this non-Cypriote type have been previously recorded from other sites in Cyprus, mainly in the southeastern part of the island. Archaeological evidence indicates that Tell el-Yahudiyeh juglets were manufactured in the Levant and Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period and therefore the imported vessels found in Cyprus can hardly extend beyond the Middle Bronze Age. Typological study of the Toumba tou Skourou juglets together with related specimens discovered in the neighboring cemeteries of Stephania and Pendayia reveals that shape and decoration of imported Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware were locally adapted to the style and technique of Black Slip III and other Cypriote wares. These imitations took place in Cyprus at the opening of the Late Cypriote period because the Syro-Palestinian and Egyptian vessels ceased to be imported into the island at the close of the Middle Cypriote period.
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