UID:
almafu_9960117522402883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 353 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-75170-2
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. History
Content:
Sir George Francis Hill was perhaps best known as a numistatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his 43 years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940-1952) ranged from Cyprus' earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world. Volume 1 describes the land of Cyprus before unravelling its history from the Stone Age to the Crusades.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1940.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-02062-3
Language:
English
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