UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage MNEMOSYNE
at the Cyprus University of Technology

Contributions from Luke Z. Pierides

Luke Zenon Pierides (1865–1933) was a prominent Cypriot public figure, collector, and intellectual from Larnaca, Cyprus. He belonged to the distinguished Pierides family, which is renowned for establishing the Pierides Museum — the oldest private museum in Cyprus.

He played a pivotal role in supporting international archaeological endeavours. In 1925, he gifted a massive collection of ancient Cypriot pottery and artefacts to the Swedish Crown Prince (later King Gustaf VI Adolf). He also gifted invaluable pieces SCE (1927–1931).

These artefacts were subsequently deposited with the  Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, and now form part of the wider Cyprus Collection along side those collected by the SCE.

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