City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus, Princeton University Art Museum
The exhibition City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus, which was held at the Princeton University Art Museum from 20 October 2012 to 20 January 2013, explored the history and archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, a town in the Republic of Cyprus that is the site of the ancient city of Marion and its successor city, Arsinoe. Celebrating the conclusion of more than two decades of excavations at Polis by the Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology, under the direction of Prof. William A. P. Childs, the exhibition featured 110 objects lent by the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, the British Museum, and the Musée du Louvre, including splendid gold jewellery and a rare marble statue of a kouros, or nude male youth. A scholarly volume with five expansive essays and catalogue entries for the 110 objects in the exhibition was co-edited by the three curators. The volume was published by the Princeton University Art Museum and distributed by Yale University Press.
Grants given:
2012, 2013
