Enkomi (archaeological site)

Enkomi

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Map of Cyprus
Location	Island of Cyprus
Coordinates	35°9′35″N 33°53′18″E / 35.15972°N 33.88833°E / 35.15972; 33.88833
Site notes
Excavation dates	1895–1898, 1930, 1934, 1958-1973
Archaeologists	Alessandro Palma di Cesnola, A. S. Murray, Einar Gjerstad, Claude F. A. Schaeffer, Porphyrios Dikaios, Oliver Pelon
Public access	Yes

Enkomi (also Mallia) is a 2nd millennium BC archaeological site on the eastern coast of Cyprus some distance from the village of Enkomi. The site appears to currently be under disputed governance. A number of Cypro-Minoan Script inscriptions were found there including the longest known clay tablet. It has been suggested that this city was the Alashiya of the Amarna Letters and in texts from several areas of the ancient Near East.^[1] The site is known for the hundreds of rich tombs that have been excavated there and for exceptional metallurgic finds like the Ingot God and the Horned God.