The Swedish Cyprus Expedition was a project to systematically investigate the archaeology of the early history of

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. It took place between September 1927 and March 1931 and was led by three archaeologists:

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Erik Sjöqvist Erik Sjöqvist (15 July 1903 – 16 July 1975) was a Swedish archaeologist and educator. Sjöqvist conducted archaeological fieldwork in Cyprus while participating in Swedish Cyprus Expedition. He was director of Swedish Institute at Rome and p ...

and

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together with architect John Lindros. Archaeological excavations were made at various locations in Cyprus including

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, Nitovikla, Agia Eirini,

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Idalion Idalion or Idalium ( el, Ιδάλιον, ''Idalion'') was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name in the 8th century BC was "Ed-di-al" as it appears ...

Amathus Amathus or Amathous ( grc, Ἀμαθοῦς) was an ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its impressive remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about west o ...

and Enkomi. The results were published in four volumes from 1934 to 1972. Most of the finds are now kept at the

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in Nicosia and Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm. In total, 30 sites and 375 graves were excavated. The Expedition's Cypriotic driver and assistant, Tooulis Souidos, followed the expedition to Sweden where he continued to work with the Cyprus collections. File:Ajia_Irini._Terrakottavagnar_i_rutorna_K-L_9._utgrävning._Αγια_Ειρηνη,_Cypern_-_SMVK_-_C02530.tif File:Alfred_Westholm_vid_avvägningsinstrumentet._Vouni._exteriör._Galini_-_SMVK_-_C01695.tif File:Amathus._Grav_5,_depå_i_dromos_in_situ._Agios_Tychos_-_SMVK_-_C02299.tif File:Avfärden._Lapithos_-_SMVK_-_C00816.tif

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