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Participating institutions
The exhibition features 291 objects, the majority
of which come from public museums in Cyprus,
as well as objects from the Pierides-Laiki Bank
Museum, the British Museum, the Ashmolean
Museum at Oxford, the Royal Museums of Art
and History in Brussels, the Royal Museum
of Mariemont and the Museum of Louvain-la-
Neuve.
Exhibition Catalogue
The exhibition is complemented by fully illus-
trated catalogues in English, French and Dutch.
The catalogues contain detailed descriptions of
the exhibits and rich introductory texts written
by established authorities in Cypriot archaeolo-
gy from Cyprus, Europe, America and Australia.
Website
http://www.kmkg-mrah.be/expositions/ancient-
cyprus
http://www.mcw.gov.cy
Venue
Royal Museums of Art and History
Brussels, Belgium
Other exhibitions organised in honour of the
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
Rome
Cyprus, island of Aphrodite
Palazzo del Quirinale
19 October 2012 – 6 January 2013
http://www.quirinale.it
Paris
Cyprus between Byzantium and the West: 4
th
– 16
th
centuries
Louvre
28 October 2012 – 28 January 2013
http://www.louvre.fr
Princeton
City of Gold. Tomb and temple in ancient
Cyprus
Princeton University Art Museum
20 October 2012 – 20 January 2013
http://www.princetonartmuseum.org
Source: The Department of Antiquities’Ancient
Cyprus - Cultures in Dialogue exhibition catalogue
A silver CyproPhoinician bowl from the British Museum
Amarna letter