Reviving the Terracotta Army of Cyprus: Navigating Heritage Justice and Colonial Legacy

Reviving the Terracotta Army of Cyprus: Navigating Heritage Justice and Colonial Legacy

At the crossroads of Mediterranean history and contemporary heritage tensions, a major discovery of the 20th century remains largely unknown to the general public: that of more than 2,000 terracotta statues uncovered in 1929 in the village of Agia Eirini, northwest of Cyprus. These figurines, dated from the 7th and life BC. AD, constitute the largest sculptural ensemble of the late Iron Age never found in the region. A discovery born of an act o…

At the crossroads of Mediterranean history and contemporary heritage tensions, a major discovery of the 20th century remains largely unknown to the general public: that of more than 2,000 terracotta statues discovered in 1929 in the village of Agia Eirini, in the north-western part of Cyprus. These figures, dated from the 7th and 6th centuries BC, constitute the largest sculptural ensemble of the Late Iron Age ever found in the region. Organized…