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Nicosia - Cyprus Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:39:12 +0000

Nicosia (aka Lefkosia) is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years.

In 1960, Nicosia became the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a state established by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, there was a coup d'état led by the Greek military junta to unite the island with Greece. The coup ousted president Makarios III and precipitated the invasion of the island by the Turkish army. The Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing 37% of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia.

Today, Nicosia is divided by the Green Line into a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot quarter, which is monitored by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.

There are more than a dozen archeological museum ons Caprus, but the Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.

The museum was founded in 1882 to preserve the country’s ancient art treasures. The background to this was that Cyprus was, at that time, being systematically plundered of its archaeological treasures. The American ambassador, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, alone had acquired 35,000 artefacts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whilst his brother, Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, stood trial for art theft. A law passed in 1905 to protect archaeological remains enabled the museum to safeguard artefacts and sites more effectively. In 1908, the museum moved to its current building and in 1961, an extension was added to the building.

Askos - Animal-Shaped Vessels
Bird with two horse heads and riders (??)

Bellapais-Vounous necropolis, clay, bronze age, c 2025-1850 BCE

Nicosia - Cyprus Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:23:15 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Nicosia (aka Lefkosia) is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years.

In 1960, Nicosia became the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a state established by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, there was a coup d'état led by the Greek military junta to unite the island with Greece. The coup ousted president Makarios III and precipitated the invasion of the island by the Turkish army. The Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing 37% of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia.

Today, Nicosia is divided by the Green Line into a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot quarter, which is monitored by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.

There are more than a dozen archeological museum ons Caprus, but the Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.

The museum was founded in 1882 to preserve the country’s ancient art treasures. The background to this was that Cyprus was, at that time, being systematically plundered of its archaeological treasures. The American ambassador, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, alone had acquired 35,000 artefacts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whilst his brother, Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, stood trial for art theft. A law passed in 1905 to protect archaeological remains enabled the museum to safeguard artefacts and sites more effectively. In 1908, the museum moved to its current building and in 1961, an extension was added to the building.

Askoi - Animal-Shaped Vessels
Boar and bird

Bellapais-Vounous necropolis, clay, bronze age, c 2025-1850 BCE

Nicosia - Cyprus Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:14:32 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Nicosia (aka Lefkosia) is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years.

In 1960, Nicosia became the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a state established by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, there was a coup d'état led by the Greek military junta to unite the island with Greece. The coup ousted president Makarios III and precipitated the invasion of the island by the Turkish army. The Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing 37% of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia.

Today, Nicosia is divided by the Green Line into a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot quarter, which is monitored by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.

There are more than a dozen archeological museum ons Caprus, but the Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.

The museum was founded in 1882 to preserve the country’s ancient art treasures. The background to this was that Cyprus was, at that time, being systematically plundered of its archaeological treasures. The American ambassador, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, alone had acquired 35,000 artefacts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whilst his brother, Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, stood trial for art theft. A law passed in 1905 to protect archaeological remains enabled the museum to safeguard artefacts and sites more effectively. In 1908, the museum moved to its current building and in 1961, an extension was added to the building.

Askoi - Animal-Shaped Vessels
Boar and bird

Bellapais-Vounous necropolis, clay, bronze age, c 2025-1850 BCE

Nicosia - Cyprus Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:56:25 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Nicosia (aka Lefkosia) is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years.

In 1960, Nicosia became the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a state established by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, there was a coup d'état led by the Greek military junta to unite the island with Greece. The coup ousted president Makarios III and precipitated the invasion of the island by the Turkish army. The Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing 37% of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia.

Today, Nicosia is divided by the Green Line into a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot quarter, which is monitored by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.

There are more than a dozen archeological museum ons Caprus, but the Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.

The museum was founded in 1882 to preserve the country’s ancient art treasures. The background to this was that Cyprus was, at that time, being systematically plundered of its archaeological treasures. The American ambassador, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, alone had acquired 35,000 artefacts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whilst his brother, Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, stood trial for art theft. A law passed in 1905 to protect archaeological remains enabled the museum to safeguard artefacts and sites more effectively. In 1908, the museum moved to its current building and in 1961, an extension was added to the building.

Kernos
Bellapais-Vounous necropolis, clay, bronze age, c 2025-1850 BCE

The statuette is interpreted as a representation of a female deity or matron deity. The figure has a tall, stylized body and stands on a base with four bowls.

Such idols likely served as symbols of fertility.

Kernos vessels (vessels with multiple bowls), were often used for ritual libations or religious ceremonies in the Early to Middle Cypriot Bronze Age.

Nicosia - Cyprus Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:35:59 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Nicosia (aka Lefkosia) is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years.

In 1960, Nicosia became the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a state established by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, there was a coup d'état led by the Greek military junta to unite the island with Greece. The coup ousted president Makarios III and precipitated the invasion of the island by the Turkish army. The Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing 37% of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia.

Today, Nicosia is divided by the Green Line into a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot quarter, which is monitored by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.

There are more than a dozen archeological museum ons Caprus, but the Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.

The museum was founded in 1882 to preserve the country’s ancient art treasures. The background to this was that Cyprus was, at that time, being systematically plundered of its archaeological treasures. The American ambassador, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, alone had acquired 35,000 artefacts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whilst his brother, Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, stood trial for art theft. A law passed in 1905 to protect archaeological remains enabled the museum to safeguard artefacts and sites more effectively. In 1908, the museum moved to its current building and in 1961, an extension was added to the building.

Clay pyxis
Bellapais-Vounous necropolis, clay, bronze age, c 2025-1850 BCE

On the boat shaped pyxis, human figures on the two ends are facing each other, a man and a woman holding a baby at her breast. They may symbolise the concept of fertility. The figures are so-called plank figures. These highly stylized, two-dimensional human representations are a hallmark of Cypriot art of this era.

Terracotta Pyxis with a Lid in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:03:26 +0000

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Title: Terracotta pyxis (box) with lid

Artist: Attributed to the Painter of Philadelphia 2449

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 460 BCE

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. with cover 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
H. without cover 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906

Object Number: 06.1117a, b

Interior scene with six women conversing and working wool

The woman to the right of the column, who has just arrived, offers a long fillet (band) to her seated friend and receives a flower in return. Behind her, another woman walks toward a seated woman holding up a necklace. Two women work wool. One stands with a distaff in her left hand. From the hank of wool wound around it, she has drawn out a length of fibers and is twisting them into yarn with her right hand by twirling the long spindle that hangs over a wool basket. The other woman sits with one leg propped up and her skirt raised above the knee. She apparently is winding wool into a skein and drawing the yarn over her leg to prevent it from snarling.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247535

Terracotta Pyxis with a Lid in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2012

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:03:24 +0000

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Berlin - Altes Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 21:32:35 +0000

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The Altes Museum (Old Museum) is part of the Museum Island complex and is therefore a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1825 and 1830 on behalf of King Frederick William III, it is considered one of the masterpieces of German Classicism. The architect Schinkel's plans were also based on designs by the Crown Prince, later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who desired an acropolis-like development of the Museum Island.

During the Nazi era, the Altes Museum served as a backdrop for propaganda events. It was hit by high-explosive bombs during air raids in 1941 and 1943 and burned down in May 1945 when an ammunition truck parked next to it exploded.

From 1951 to 1966, the building was largely restored to its original condition. Since 1904, the Antiquities Collection was housed here, which was relocated around 1942. After the building's reconstruction, the Antiquities Collection's exhibits were again housed here.

Pyxis / Thebes, Boeotia / Clay / 750-725 BC / Attic

Cylindrical Ivory Pyxis with Spiral Decoration in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, June 2014

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:07:37 +0000

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Cylindrical Ivory Pyxis with Spiral Decoration in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, June 2014

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:07:39 +0000

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Geometric Horse Pyxis in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:17:48 +0000

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Geometric Horse Pyxis in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:17:46 +0000

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Geometric Horse Pyxis in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:17:43 +0000

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Geometric Horse Pyxis in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:17:41 +0000

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Corinthian Pyxis with Animals in the Getty Villa, June 2016

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:36:57 +0000

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Title: Corinthian Round-Bodied Pyxis

Artist/Maker: Perhaps by the Chimaera Painter (Greek (Corinthian), active 600 - 575 B.C.)

Culture: Greek (Corinthian)

Place: Greece (Corinth) (Place created)

Date: about 570 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

Object Number: 88.AE.105

Dimensions: 21.7 × 22.2 cm (8 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Alternate Titles: Cosmetics Container with Animals (Display Title)

Object Type: Pyxis

An animal frieze encircles the body of this Corinthian black-figure pyxis. Real and mythological creatures, including lions, a goat, a bull, and a bearded siren, make up the decoration. Their stylized, sharply outlined bodies rhythmically balance against one another. Rosettes fill the spaces around the animals. Above this, a lotus and palmette chain decorates the shoulder of the vessel. In place of handles, the potter has added mold-made female heads.

The pyxis was a container for perfumed oils and cosmetics. Beginning around 575 B.C., Corinthian potters occasionally added mold-made heads to these vessels. By the early 500s B.C., Corinthian pottery, with its simple and repetitive yet elegant decoration, had completely taken over the pottery market and became widely exported throughout the Mediterranean.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12945/perhaps-by-the-chimaera-painter-corinthian-round-bodied-pyxis-greek-corinthian-about-570-bc

Corinthian Pyxis with Animals in the Getty Villa, June 2016

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:36:51 +0000

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Terracotta Red-Figure Pyxis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Thu, 22 May 2014 02:13:51 +0000

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Detail of a Terracotta Red-Figure Pyxis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Thu, 22 May 2014 02:13:55 +0000

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Pyxis with the Head of Medusa in the British Museum, May 2014

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 07:27:16 +0000

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Ivory Pyxis with the Miracle of the Duplication of the Loaves in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:02:41 +0000

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Ivory Pyxis with the Miracle of Christ's Multiplication of the Loaves
Byzantine; from San Pedro de la Rua, Estella, Spain
Box carved 500s, probably North Africa; lid medieval, probably Spanish

Accession # 17.190.34

In this depiction of the Miracle of the Loaves (Mark 8:1-6), an enthroned Christ is flanked by Saints Peter and Paul. Other disciples carry the loaves of bread he has miraculously produced to feed the multitude, loaves that the early church associated with the bread of the Eucharist.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.