Sir George Francis Hill (1867–1948) was perhaps best known as a numismatist, although his scholarly interests and accomplishments included a range of time periods and subjects. A classicist by training, Hill built his career at the British Museum's department of coins and medals. In his forty-three years there he produced volumes on coins of antiquity; Greek history and art; coins, heraldry, and iconography of medieval and Renaissance Italy; and treasure troves. In 1931 Hill became the Museum's director and principal librarian, the first archaeologist to hold this post. His four-volume History of Cyprus (1940–1952) ranged from Cyprus' earliest years to the twentieth century, and became the standard text on the subject. It is a valuable resource for scholars of the country, of antiquity and of the Mediterranean world. Volume 1 describes the land of Cyprus before unravelling its history from the Stone Age to the Crusades.

Preface
List of illustrations and maps
List of books consulted
1. The land
2. The Stone Age
3. The Bronze Age
4. The religion of early Cyprus
5. The Greek colonization
6. Phoenicians, Assyrians and Egyptians
7. From Cyrus to Alexander
8. The successors
9. The Ptolemies
10. The arts in pre-Roman Cyprus
11. The Roman province
12. Byzantium and Islam
Addenda
Index.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]