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New Insight into Hellenistic and Roman Cypriot Wall Paintings: An Exploration of Artists’ Materials, Production Technology, and Technical Style

open access: yesArts, 2019
A recent scientific investigation on Hellenistic and Roman wall paintings of funerary and domestic contexts from Nea (‘New’) Paphos, located in the southwest region of Cyprus, has revealed new information on the paintings’ constituent ...
Roxanne Radpour   +2 more
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Aphrodite at the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos

open access: yes, 2015
Les milliers de fragments et les quelques figurines complètes en terre cuite mis au jour dans les fouilles de la Maison d’Orphée, à Nea Paphos, sont l’objet du programme de recherche intitulé Moulding Expressions of Culture : The Terracotta Figurines ...
Michaelidès, Demetrios
core   +1 more source

Were These Jugs and Colanders Made of Cooking Ware Fabric Intended for Cooking? Finds from the Polish Excavations of Warsaw University at Nea Paphos

open access: yesStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2019
The aim of the paper is to extend the standard set of ceramic vessels used for thermal processing of food with two forms: jugs and colanders. The paper presents the functional analysis of ceramic jugs and colanders made of cooking ware found in early ...
Monika Więch
doaj   +1 more source

Wall paintings from the House of Aion at Nea Paphos [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018
This paper studies a collection of painted plaster fragments excavated between 1984 and 1989 in the northern part of the so-called House of Aion, that is, three small rooms (Nos 3, 13, 14, 15 and 7).
Elzbieta Jastrzębowska
doaj   +1 more source

The Inscription of Tiberius Claudius Claudianus Hetereianus Engraved on a Marble Column Found in the ‘Saranda Kolones’ Castle at Nea Paphos, Cyprus

open access: yesÉtudes et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2023
This paper offers the editio princeps of a Greek inscription engraved on a marble column discovered in the ‘Saranda Kolones’ Castle at Nea Paphos in Cyprus.
Anna Urszula Kordas
doaj   +1 more source

‘Hellenistic’ House in Nea Paphos, Cyprus – A First Summary of Its Architecture

open access: yesÉtudes et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2021
This paper presents preliminary observations and analyses of the architecture of the ‘Hellenistic’ House, an ancient residency from Roman times built in Nea Paphos on Cyprus.
Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka
doaj   +1 more source

A circular pool in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos. Preliminary remarks [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017
Excavations in the main courtyard of the “Hellenistic” House in Nea Paphos in 2016, Polish excavations, revealed a small circular pool with immured tops of Dressel 6A amphorae in the wall surrounding it and a circular imprint in the middle of the floor ...
Marcin M. Romaniuk
doaj   +1 more source

The Foundation of Nea Paphos

open access: yes, 2000
Traditionally it has been assumed that Nea Paphos was founded by king Nikokles, the last of the Kinyrad dynasty, around 320 BC. A critical reexamination of the evidence reveals this foundation date to be impossible; Nea Paphos was not founded in Nikokles'
Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes; id_orcid
core   +1 more source

Hero or God Comes to Nea Paphos

open access: yesStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2013
In September 2008, over the course of excavations at the Early Roman House, the bust of a young man was discovered in Room 24. He is depicted with curly hair and is wearing a conical cap.
Wiktor A. Daszewski
doaj   +1 more source

In Search of the Module in the Architectural Design of the ‘Hellenistic’ House in Nea Paphos, Cyprus

open access: yesÉtudes et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2021
Ancient Graeco-Roman architecture was designed with the application of mathematical harmony as a key compositional principle used in planning the dimensions and proportions of particular elements, larger parts of buildings or whole edifices.
Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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