Mycenaean settlement and Maa–Palaeokastro
The partly underground museum at Cape Maa tells the story of a Mycenaean settlement and displays unusual examples of early writing.
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Writing systems of ancient Cyprus
Cypro-Minoan signs, the Cypriot syllabary, the Phoenician alphabet and museum inscriptions show that different writing systems coexisted and changed.
Cypro-Minoan writing
Cypro-Minoan writing is known from signs on clay, metal and other Late Bronze Age objects, but it has not been deciphered with certainty.
The Cypriot syllabary
Inscriptions on stone, metal and pottery show how different writing systems coexisted on the island.
A Phoenician inscription and the alphabet
A museum stone offers a way to explore the twenty-two signs of the Phoenician alphabet and its influence on other scripts.