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Article: New catalogue for Cypriot antiquities collection in Beirut.
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- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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Byline: Lucy Millett
AROUND 140 items of Cypriot antiquity on display at the Archaeological Museum of The American University of Beirut (AUB) have been catalogued for the A.G Leventis Foundation.
The catalogue comprises 141 items, namely sculptures, terracottas and ceramics. It will be an important tool for University students of Archaeology at AUB but also for visitors of the museum and researchers of ancient Cypriot art, the Foundation said yesterday.
Vassos Karageorghis who put together the catalogue with Dr Leila Badre the curator of the AUB museum said: "First of all is this is a collection which was not well-known to archaeologists. Most ...