Description
Between 1977 and 1990, investigations by the Department of Antiquities at the North Necropolis of Pafos revealed a substantial part of the largest Hellenistic burial ground in Cyprus. Among the complexes uncovered are nine monumental hypogea with peristyle courts-exceptional funerary monuments attributed to the Ptolemaic dynasty. Displaying close affinities with comparable structures in Alexandria and Macedonia, these tombs exemplify the synthesis of Egyptian and Greek architectural traditions characteristic of the Ptolemaic period.
The first volume focuses on Tomb 8, which was probably used for the burial of Ptolemy of Cyprus (80-58 BC), the island’s last Ptolemaic ruler. It includes a detailed analysis and reconstruction of the tomb’s distinctive design.
Dr Sophocles Hadjisavvas, former Director of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, is a prominent archaeologist known for his work at the Phoenician necropolis of Kition and the Late Bronze Age settlement of Alassa. He earned his PhD from the University of Gothenburg in 1992 and has published extensively on Cypriot archaeology.
Dr Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Architecture, Art and Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Wroctaw University of Science and Technology. She researches ancient architecture and is a long-standing member and collaborator of archaeological missions working in Cyprus and Egypt.
