Index Catalog // British Museum Research Repository

2009

Book

Ancient Cyprus in the British Museum. Essays in Honour of Veronica Tatton-Brown

This publication comprises of essays dedicated to the life and work of Veronica Tatton-Brown, curator of the British Museum's ancient Cypriot collections for over 30 years.

Kiely, Thomas

Cyprus; archaeology

2010

Journal article

Four unpublished inscriptions in Cypriot Syllabic script in the British Museum

The first publication of four inscriptions in Cypriot syllabic script on objects in the British Museum

Kiely, Thomas ; Perno, Massimo

Cypriot syllabic script and British Museum

2017

Journal article

Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus. II: 1914 to the present day

The second part of a two-part survey of British contributions to the archaeology of Cyprus from the 18th century to the present day.

Kiely, Thomas ; Ulbrich, Anja

archaeology and Cyprus

2018

Book chapter

Cyprus and Assyria

A overview of the relationship between Cyprus and Assyria at the time of Ashurbanipal in an exhibition catalogue to accompany the 2018 British Museum exhibition, I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria.

Kiely, Thomas

Assyria, Ashurbanipal, archaeology, and Cyprus

2018

Book chapter

Monumentality and urbanisation in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: rethinking Schaeffer’s Bâtiment 18 at Enkomi

A study of monumentality and ubanisation in Late Bronze Age Cyprus, with a particular reappraisal of Schaeffer's Batiment 18 at the site of Enkomi.

Kiely, Thomas

Bronze Age, archaeology, and Cyprus

2018

Book chapter

Auf Max Ohnefalsch-Richter Spuren im British Museum

An overview of the relationship between the archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter Spuren and the British Museum.

Kiely, Thomas

British Museum, archaeology, and Cyprus

2018

Book chapter

Die sozioökonomische und politische Kontext der Archäologie auf Zypern im 19. Jahrhundert

A study of the socio-economic and political situation linked to archaeology in 19th-century Cyprus in a volume about the German archaeologist, Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.

Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert

archaeology and Cyprus

2019

Book chapter

From Salamis to Bloomsbury: Transporting the Bull’s Head Capital to the British Museum

An account of the transportation of the famous marble bull's head capital discovered in the 1890 excavations at Salamis to the British Museum.

Kiely, Thomas

archaeology, Cyprus, and Salamis

2019

Book chapter

Poachers turned gamekeepers? The British Museum’s archaeological agents in Cyprus, 1893−1899

An account of the agents working for the British Museum in Cyprus in the late 19th century.

Kiely, Thomas

19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus

2019

Book

Salamis-Toumba. An Iron Age Sanctuary in Cyprus Rediscovered. Excavations of the Cyprus Exploration Fund

An edited volume on the Cyprus Exploration Fund's excavations at the Iron Age sanctuary of Salamis-Toumba.

Kiely, Thomas ; Karageorghis, Vassos

archaeology and Cyprus

2021

Book chapter

Cipro, fra Torino e Londra. I Cesnola e il British Museum/Cyprus, From Turin to London. The Cesnolas and the British Museum

An overview of the collections of Cypriot artefacts in the British Museum and the Musei Reali di Torino and connections with the Cesnola family.

Kiely, Thomas

archaeology and Cyprus

2021

Journal article

Robert Lang and the archaeology of Cyprus

An overview of Sir Robert Hamilton Lang, Acting Vice Consul and Consul of Cyprus from 1871-2, who acquired many artefacts from excavations in Cyprus.

Kiely, Thomas

19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus

2021

Journal article

A unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century AD

An account of a unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and a discussion of what it can reveal about the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century.

Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert

19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus

2019

Book chapter

The use of an Er:YAG laser in the removal of biological growth from polychrome archaeological terracotta figurines from Cyprus

The British Museum preserves a large and archaeologically important collection of painted terracotta and limestone figurines from ancient Cyprus. These were the subject of a collaborative conservation and study programme as part of the Cyprus Digitisation Project. The figurines were covered by dark and ingrained speckles of biological growth, possibly...

Pereira-Pardo, Lucía ; Camurcuoglu, Duygu ; Orsini, Miriam ; Weglowska, Katarzyna ; Kiely, Thomas …

2012

Journal article

Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus I. The long 19th century

The first part of a two-part survey of British contributions to the archaeology of Cyprus from the 18th century to the present day.

Kiely, Thomas ; Ulbrich, Anja

Cyprus and archaeology

2012

Journal article

Excavations at Kition-Bamboula 1879. Finds in the British Museum

A full account of the 1879 excavations at the site of Kition-Bamboula in Cyprus and the finds that were subsequently given to the British Museum.

Kiely, Thomas ; Fourrier, Sabine

Cyprus and archaeology

2012

Journal article

The archaeological interests of Samuel Brown, Government Engineer, and his circle of acquaintances in late 19th century Cyprus

An overview of the archaeological interests of Samuel Brown, a government engineer and private collector of Cypriote artefacts in late 19th-century Cyprus.

Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert

Cyprus; archaeology