QUICK FACTS
Name: Idol of Pomos
What it is: A carved figurine
Where it is from: Pomos, Cyprus
When it was made: Circa 3000 B.C.
In the early 1930s, archaeologist Porphyrios Dikaios was excavating in the village of Pomos on the northern coast of Cyprus when he chanced upon a cross-shaped figurine carved from local greenish stone. Now known as the Idol of Pomos, the carving is the best-preserved example of a Copper Age fertility figurine from Cyprus and has become a symbol of the country.
