Proofreading hampers creation of deputy culture ministry
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...
Antiquities Department
Renowned archaeologist Vassos Karageorghis dies (updated)
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...
Dozens of Cyprus’ ancient artefacts returned
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...
Antiquities department staff stage one-hour stoppage
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...
Antiquities department staff to down tools over ‘dangers to antiquities’
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...
Police probe discovery of ancient tombs during construction work (Updated)
Paphos CID in collaboration with the antiquities department on Wednesday were investigating the possibility of criminal liability by the managers of a construction company following...
18th century ‘royal iconostasis doors’ repatriated from Japan (Updated)
In one of the most complex cases to date, according to the antiquities department, the royal iconostasis doors of the church of Ayios Anastasios from...
Renovation works at Larnaca museum more than three years behind schedule (Updated)
Larnaca municipality on Monday called on the transport minister to step in and ensure the completion of building works on the archaeological museum which are...
2020 excavations completed at Kouklia despite pandemic restrictions
The antiquities department has announced the completion of the 15th annual field campaign carried out by the University of Cyprus in the Palaepafos area of the...
Lost ancient sanctuary found 100 years after being forgotten
Archaeologists excavating near ancient Tamassos have located one of the most important sanctuaries discovered in Cyprus to date, more than 100 years after its exact...
