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Late Bronze Age

The Late Bronze Age sees Cyprus fully engaged in the trading spheres of the Eastern Mediterranean. There are contacts with Egypt, the Levant, Turkey and the Aegean. building styles become more impressive with the rise of Ashlar facced buildings. There is writing in the form of the cpro-Minoan script and fabulous wealth laid down in tombs as trade brings riches to the island. Base Ring and White Slip are the two most popular local finewares but there is also evidence for pottery from abroad, especially the Mycenaean decorated wares. Major sites can be found at Enkomi, Hala Sultan Tekke, Kition, Maroni, Alassa and Kalavasos.

Three Mycenaean One-handled Cups (Late Helladic IIIA). Part of the Cesnola Collection on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Terracotta krater, Late Cypriot II, White Slip II ware, ca 1450-1200 B.C. Said to be from Alambra, part of the Cesnola Collection at the Metroploitan Museum of Art, New York.