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Graz Amargeti Survey Project Completes the seventh Archaeological Campaign in Pafos District. The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture has announced the successful completion of the archaeological survey campaign conducted by the University of Graz (Austria) in the wider area of Amargeti. The project, directed…
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The Department of Antiquities, Deputy Ministry of Culture has announced the completion of the 2025 excavation season at the prehistoric site of Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias. The excavation was conducted from September 28 to October 10, 2025, by the archaeological team of the Department of History and Archaeology at Aristotle…
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The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus announced the 65th Public Lecture Series program. This semester’s Public Lectures are held at 7:30 pm (EET), in hybrid form via ZOOM and at the OLD ACADEMY CAMPUS,KALLIPOLEOS STREET, AMPHITHEATRE E010 (SEE MAP). All Monday lectures are free and…
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Archaeologists Alain Le Brun and Odile Daune-Le Brun awarded the ‘Preservation and Promotion of the Archaeological Heritage’ prize for their half-century archaeological research on Cyprus. The two archaeologist have served Cypriot Archaeology with passion, integrity and dedication for more than 50 years. The ceremony, organized by the Deputy…
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Kalavasos- Ayios Dhmitrios was a major Late Cypriot city situated in the in the south coast of Cyprus, between the districts of Limassol and Larnaca and it is the largest settlement of the Kalavasos-Maroni area. The site has been extensively excavated. It was a well-planned settlement, about 12 hectares, laid…
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The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture announced the completion of the 2025 field season of the New York University (NYU) Archaeological Mission at Agios Georgios, Pegeia. The mission was directed by Professor Joan Breton Connelly. The six‑week campaign combined excavation, survey, and specialist study.…
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The Department of Antiquities, Deputy Ministry of Culture, has announced the successful completion of the 2025 archaeological field season of the Life at the Furnace (LAF) project, in the valley of the Peristerona river, led by the universities of Copenhagen and Uppsala. LAF project is led by Dr…
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A Cypriot artifact dating to the Cypro‑Geometric III period has been successfully repatriated from France, the Department of Antiquities announced on 31 December 2025. The antiquity had been identified in an online auction by Archaeological Officers of the Department of Antiquities responsible for monitoring the illegal trafficking of…
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A new study (2025) by Anna Urszula Kordas (University of Warsaw) Szymon Popławski (Technische Universität Wien) sheds light on the exceptionally well‑preserved architectural decoration from the stoas surrounding the Agora of Amathous, one of the most important Hellenistic–Roman urban centers of Cyprus. Although the Agora was excavated between…
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