The Hidden Riches of Cyprus It is astonishing that we
should have had to wait till 1934 before there should be a beginning of an adequate organization for maintaining and exploring the as yet incalculable riches of Cyprus in ancient monuments of many periods and many civiliza- tions. . Much good work was done by excavators in the second half of last century, but since 1905 the Government of Cyprus has been left to encourage what research it could with limited funds. At last a powerful committee under Lord Mersey's chairmanship has set itself to arouse public interest in regard to what is, surely, an Imperial duty to civilization. Cyprus was at the very centre of the world of which Herodotus wrote, and contains monuments, many of them of great beauty, and more which will constitute new sources of ancient history.
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