Marion was one of the Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus. It was situated in the north-west of the island in the Akamas region, close to or under the present town of Polis. Both Strabo and Pliny the Elder mention the city in their writings. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Marion - Arsinoe Archaeological Museum Videos
City of Gold: Reconstructing the Buildings of Marion and Arsinoe
The exhibition, City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus, on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from October 20,2012 to January 20,2013, included this video which was a collaborative endeavor involving the Princeton University Art Museum, Department of Art & Archaeology, Department of Computer Science, Stanley J. Seeger Class of '52 Center for Hellenic Studies, Office of Information Technology, and the spring 2012 seminar COS/ART/HLS 495 Modeling the Past: Digital Technologies and Excavations in Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus, in which students created the original 3-D models of the buildings featured in this Video in SketchUp and wrote the original script.
Alchemy of computer science + archaeology = City of Gold
This virtual 3-D walkthrough of four principal buildings uncovered during Princeton University's archaeological excavations in Cyprus is part of the Princeton Art Museum's City of Gold exhibit. The animations were created by graduate and undergraduate students under the direction of Joanna Smith, a lecturer in art and archaeology, and Szymon Rusinkiewicz, a professor of computer science.
The exhibit celebrates the conclusion of more than two decades of excavations by the Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology in Polis Chrysochous, a town in the Republic of Cyprus that is the site of the ancient city of Marion and its successor city, Arsinoe. It features 110 objects, many of which have never been exhibited, including sculptures, architectural fragments, and gold and silver jewelry. The objects were lent by the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, the British Museum, and the Musée du Louvre.
Smith and Rusinkiewicz's report on the animations won Best Project Paper award at the 2012 International Conference on Cultural Heritage. Read more here:
Ancient Cyprus: Cultures in Dialogue (exhibition, Brussels 2012). Making of (1)
Installation shots from the exhibition Ancient Cyprus: Cultures in Dialogue.
Royal Museums of Art and History (Musée du Cinquantenaire), Brussels 31 October 2012 - 17 February 2013
Organization: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus Website:
Ancient Cyprus: Cultures in Dialogue (exhibition, Brussels 2012). Making of (3): the chariot model
Setting up the model of an Archaic funerary chariot. Installation shots from the exhibition Ancient Cyprus: Cultures in Dialogue.
Royal Museums of Art and History (Musée du Cinquantenaire), Brussels 31 October 2012 - 17 February 2013
Organization: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus Website:
The 2015 Season of the Lycoming College Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus
At the 2016 ASOR Annual Meeting, Pamela Gaber (Lycoming College) presented her paper, “The 2015 Season of the Lycoming College Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus.”
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