The exhibition under the title City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus, will be held in the Princeton Art Museum from October 20 to January 20, 2013.
The exhibition explores the history and archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, a town in Cyprus, site of the ancient city of Marion and its successor city Arsinoe. Celebrating the completion of more than two decades of excavations in Polis by the Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology, under the direction of Professor William A. P. Childs, City of Gold will feature 110 objects lent by the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, the British Museum, and the Musée du Louvre, including splendid gold jewelry and a rare marble statue of a kouros, a nude male youth.
James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum said, “This exhibition is an important opportunity to learn more about the field of archaeology and how this extraordinary material helps us understand an ancient city and the beliefs and sensibilities of its inhabitants.”
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