Menelaos Markides
Menelaos Markides (1878-1942) was a Cypriot archaeologist and the first curator of the Cyprus Museum (1912-1931).[1][2] He conducted excavations at the Early-Middle Bronze Age site Vrysi tou Barba in Lapithos.[3] Additionally, he excavated at Skouriotissa, Katydhata, and in 1917, he excavated an Iron Age sanctuary at Arsos which was later published by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition due to his ill health.[4] In 1916 and 1918, he excavated 50 tombs at Marion.[5]
Publications[]
- Markides, M. (1916). Excavations at Skouriotissa and Katydhata. Cyprus Annual Report of the Curator of Antiquities 1915, 15.
- Markides, M. (1917). Excavations at Skouriotissa and Katydhata. Cyprus Annual Report of the Curator of Antiquities 1916, 4-20.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Roueché, Charlotte (2001). "The Prehistory of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities". British School at Athens Studies. 8: 155–166. ISSN 2159-4996. JSTOR 40960557.
- ^ The Cyprus Gazette. Nicosia: Colonial Office. 1919. p. 157.
- ^ Webb, Jennifer M. (2018). Lapithos Vrysi Tou Barba, Cyprus: Early and Middle Bronze Age Tombs Excavated by Menelaos Markides. Nicosia: Astrom Editions. ISBN 978-9925-7455-1-7.
- ^ Gjerstad, Einar; Sjöqvist, Erik; Westholm, Alfred; Lindros, John (1937). Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus. Vol. III. Text. Stockholm: Swedish Cyprus Expedition. pp. 583–600.
- ^ Markides, Menelaos (1916). Annual Report of the Curator of Antiquities, Nicosia: 20. Missing or empty
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