Editorial

Archaeological Museum – a treasure house
of Hellenic culture – and to strengthen
the bonds which unite the
Hellenic world with the town
of Odessa, the A.G. Leventis
Foundation decided to make
the Museum known to the
rest of the world by publishing
the Museum Catalogue.
The collection of Cypriote
Antiquities was presented to
the Museum by T.P. Zuzefovich,
in September 1875. It is a small
collection and none of the objects
has any provenance, but it
deserved its place in the Catalogue.
Dr Vassos Karageorghis,
assisted by his wife, archeologist
Jaqueline Karageorghis,
spent several days in Odessa
describing the most important
objects of ancient Cypriote
art in the Collection. They
strove to provide more accurate
information about the
objects included, giving recent
bibliographical references.
Several other people put in quite
a lot of work and enthusiasm for
the realization of the Catalogue. The
Greek Consul General Mrs Iphigenia
Kontoleontos and her staff helped efficiently
in solving difficulties. Eleni Samaritaki,
Director of the Odessa Branch of the
Hellenic Cultural Foundation acted as a liaison
with the Archaeological Museum and
Xenophon Michael spent several days in the
Museum taking all the photographs of the
catalogue.
Limestone head
of youth,
5th century BC.
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