#Antiquities Department

The antiquities department on Friday said that recent reports describing the unification project of Larnaca’s archaeological sites as “stalled” or “completely halted” do not reflect the full situation. The ...

In a significant step to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage items, the Cyprus customs department on Friday handed over two ancient coins to the department of antiquities. The ...

The Antiquities Department of the deputy culture ministry has received a donation of an Kourion excavation archive by American archaeologist David Soren of the University of Arizona. Soren carried out ...

The longstanding neglect of a 19th-century windmill in the Exo Vrysi area has sparked public outcry, with Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos openly criticising the Department of Antiquities for its inaction. ...

A total of 266 Cypriot antiquities were handed over to Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou in Claremont, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, including a rare copper talent, the third such artefact to ...

Antiquities removed from Cyprus in the 1960s have returned home. The Department of Antiquities announced on Friday that a total of 37 pieces, removed by a German citizen, who was at ...

A marble statue of Apollo’s twin sister Artemis dating to the fourth century AD was found during the 2024 final excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space Project, it was ...

Sunday marked the sixth year of the European Day of Conservation-Restoration, the antiquities department said. The annual day is an initiative of the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organisations (ECCO). #gallery-88 { ...

Ancient human remains, stone anchors and Late Roman amphorae are amongst the “significant cultural treasures” atop and near Geronisos island uncovered during a three-month archaeological programme. The antiquities department announced ...

Finding ancient Cypriot artefacts is of crucial importance to the justice ministry and measures will be undertaken to protect cultural heritage, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Wednesday. In statements ...

The antiquities department has installed four new digital information points (infokiosks) at four of Cyprus’ mediaeval castles. The new infokiosks will serve Limassol castle, Larnaca castle, Paphos castle and Kolossi ...

A fire that broke out over the weekend in Larnaca damaged an abandoned house, the fire service said on Sunday. Three fire engines responded to the call at around 3.15pm ...

Cyprus university of technology (Tepak) has launched a new European project promoting research on heritage. Ancient monuments and archaeological sites are in constant exposure to the dynamic environmental conditions that ...

A team of archaeologists have uncovered what appears to be the remnants of a Bronze Age workshop complex in the village of Erimi in Limassol. The team of experts, led ...

Transport minister Yiannis Karousos on Friday said it should be the state’s obligation to finance the restoration of ancient monuments in situations where communities do not have the ability ...

Archaeologists have discovered that the tumulus of Laona, an ancient burial mound, has been hiding an architectural structure that was built by experienced engineers to become a lasting mega-monument, the ...

Archaeologists working at Kourion have found a sculpture of a young boy lying face down on a mosaic floor in the remains of one of the buildings being excavated there, ...

A 16th century church icon stolen from the Antifonitis church in the village of Kalograia in the Kyrenia district, which was discovered at an auction house in Switzerland in 2014 was ...

Swedish archaeologists in cooperation with the antiquities department have excavated two burial tombs at the site of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia that they believe belonged to two rich families judging by the nature ...

One of the four bills comprising the recently passed legislative package creating a junior ministry for culture has yet to be sent by parliament to the relevant government departments so ...

Tributes have been pouring in for eminent Cypriot archaeologist and Emeritus Professor Vassos Karageorghis who died on Tuesday at the age of 92. In an announcement on Wednesday, the University of ...

The antiquities department on Wednesday announced that 38 artefacts from different periods of Cyprus’ prehistory and history have been delivered recently to the country’s embassy in the US. The 38 items ...

Antiquities department staff staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest against plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...

Antiquities department staff will hold a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday to protest plans which could see the division of responsibility on cultural heritage to the two constituent states in ...