From the Neolithic period to the early Byzantine era
The Cyprus Museum in Nicosia allows visitors to follow almost the whole ancient history of the island within one building. We begin in the first gallery, comparing stone tools, vessels, early pottery and figurines, and then move in sequence through the Bronze Age, the city-kingdoms, and the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Choirokoitia is represented by stone tools, flint points and vessels made of grey andesite. Some vessels are carved with raised geometric patterns. Nearby are early pottery with combed or painted decoration and schematic images of people and animals.
We use the museum not as a collection of display cases but as a test of our entire chronology: we look for familiar house forms, writing systems, images of deities, objects of daily life and labels with dates. Our activities deliberately ask children to count objects in one case and copy real patterns, because displays can change and every visit becomes a new observation.
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