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Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University...
History all the poorer as Covid stymies archaeological excavations
For decades teachers and their archaeology students have come from abroad in the summer to dig for artifacts and investigate places of historical interest in...
CMP announces two more missing persons located in north Nicosia
The Committee on Missing Persons on Thursday announced one of its crews has exhumed the remains of two people close the Tekke Bahcesi area in...
New finds at Paphos site inhabited for thousands of years
Archaeologists exploring a multi-period site at Prastio–Mesorotsos in Paphos have uncovered a well-preserved plaster hearth and a well-built plaster floor of an Early- or Middle-Chalcolithic...
New insights into Chalcolithic period at dig
An area exclusively devoted to burials was brought to light during archaeological excavations at Kissonerga-Skalia in the Paphos district, it was announced on Friday. Four...
Dreamers Bay ‘one of best-preserved ancients ports in the Med’
Excavations at Dreamer’s Bay on the southern shores of the Akrotiri peninsula in the Limassol district, contains archaeological remains that appear to indicate that it...
CMP seeking to expand military zone excavations in 2019
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) will be requesting new permission to excavate in military zones in 2019 in their search for remains, the Turkish...
CMP finds human remains in north military zone
Human remains were found on Thursday in a military zone in Ayios Ilarionas on Pentadaktylos mountain range in the north. The discovery was made by...
‘Intensive month’ ahead on issue of missing persons
January will be an intensive month for the issue of missing persons, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Fotis Fotiou told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview...
Excavations indicate ancient city near Larnaca Salt Lake was destroyed by catastrophe
Layers of ash and shattered architectural structures found at the Late Bronze Age site of Dromolaxia-Vizakia (Hala Sultan Tekke) near Larnaca’s Salt Lake indicated the area...