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...
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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...
Excavations for missing in Kyrenia scrap yard
Excavations in Agios Georgios, Kyrenia in were underway on Monday following a report by an Argentinian scientist to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). Nestoras...
Noratlas excavations to be concluded in the next few days
Εxcavations to locate a Greek military aircraft which was shot down by friendly fire in the summer of 1974 and the remains of the soldiers...
Excavations for missing persons at occupied Trachonas to continue this week
Excavation works at the occupied village of Trachonas will be continuing this week at a different location, approximately about 70 metres west of the point ...
Rescue excavation at threatened Cypriot archaeological site
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester are in a race against time to uncover the heritage of a threatened 1,500-year-old site on a Cyprus shoreline,...
Intriguing device to measure lunar calendar unearthed at Yeronisos
A large complex used for food preparation, distribution and storage facilities plus an “intriguing device” for keeping track of the 30-day lunar calendar were investigated...
Excavations resume Monday to locate downed 1974 plane
Work to unearth a military transport plane in search for the remains of Greek airborne commandos killed in July 1974 will start on Monday at...
Search for downed Noratlas plane to resume on July 27
The excavation works at the Tomb of Makedonitissa in Nicosia in search for the remains of Greek airborne commandos, killed when their Noratlas plane was...
New data from Troodos excavations
New data regarding the architectural remains of the epipalaeolithic mountainous site of Vretsia/Ayios Ioannis-Rhoudias in the Troodos mountains in the Paphos district. A large quantity...
Dozens of items uncovered at Paphos Agora site
Pottery of different categories, terracotta figurines, coins and metal objects, were found in a well excavated during the Paphos Agora Project, as part of archaeological...
More evidence of Kourion earthquake
By Elias Hazou THE Department of Antiquities has announced the completion of the 2014 excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space project (KUSP) under the...
‘Significant’ human burial site uncovered by archaeologists in Cyprus
By Jean Christou Archaeologists have discovered what they believe could be one of the earliest documented formal human burials found on Cyprus to date at Kretou...