Enkomi was settled in the Middle Bronze Age, near an inlet from the sea (now silted up). From about the 16th century … See more

René Dussaud said that Enkomi is the Alasia of the Amarna correspondence and other texts, including Hittite texts. Long after the town disappeared, Hellenes recalled it in the cult title of Apollo Alasiotas, recorded in a Cypriote i… See more

Following more than a decade of widespread looting drawn by the high quality of the tomb gifts, A. S. Murray worked there for the British Museum in 1894–1896. From the 1930s, excavations were continued b… See more

• Gjerstad, Einar, ed. (1934). The Swedish Cyprus expedition: finds and results of the excavation in Cyprus 1927-1931. Vol. 1, Text. Stockholm: Victor Pettersons bokindustriaktiebolag. p. 468. See more

• Murray, A. S. (1900). "Excavations at Enkomi". In Murray, A. S.; Smith, A. H.; Walters H. B. (eds.). Excavations in Cyprus. London: British Museum.
• Peltenburg, E. J. (1999). "From isolation to state forma… See more