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Aceramic Period Cyprus
Article on the Aceramic Period of Khirokitia dated to the sixth millennium BCE. The settlement displays cosmopolitan contacts with adjacent Palaeolithic societies in the Mediterranean.
Agia Varvara-Almyras Research Project
Study of ancient copper production on Cyprus. The project is a joint-venture between the Archaeometallurgical Project of Agia Varvara-Almyras in Cyprus, the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research and the Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research. Site also available in German.
Ancient Ceramic Technology & Production in Cyp
A research project referring to a multidisciplinary study of ancient ceramic technology in Cyprus from Late Neolithic to the Hellenistic period. Description of the project, participants, publications, data base presentation.
Ancient Cyprus
Mailing list on the archaeology and history of Cyprus from earliest times to 1900CE. Open to archaeologists, historians, and interested members of the public.
Ancient Cyprus Webproject
Provides information such as bibliographies, sources of funding, centers of study, lists of collections and access arrangements, scholar and project contact details, bulletins on excavations and projects, and excavation reports related to Cyprus.
Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich
Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus.
Athienou Archaeological Project
Provides a summary of a multidisciplinary project focusing on the site of Athienou-Malloura and the surrounding valley. Includes contact details.
BBC: Bronze Age Perfume Discovered
Italian archaeologists in Cyprus say they have found the site of an ancient perfume factory from the Bronze Age.
Bulldozed to the Ground
From Cyprus Mail, a row has broken out between the Turkish Cypriot ?department of antiquities and museums? and a construction company over what the department claims is the ?illegal destruction of a grade one archaeological site? at Vounos, near Kazafani, to make way for luxury homes.
Castles and Fortifications in Northern Cyprus
Pictures and descriptions of archaeological and historical sites on Cyprus.
Choirokoitia
World heritage listing of the Choirokoitia archaeological site by UNESCO.
Cyprus Takes Legal Action to Recover Stolen Treasu
From the Cyprus Mail, Cyprus has filed a civil suit in a German court to retrieve antiquities stolen after the Turkish invasion and retrieved by the Bavarian authorities, which have withheld them since.
Dig Discovery is Oldest 'Pet Cat'
From BBC, oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists.
Early Agricultural Remnants and Technical Heritage
Fieldwork project to study threshing floors and the pre-mechanized agricultural landscape in Cyprus. Provides aims and objectives, activities, news, and resource links.
Excavations at Agia Napa - Makronisos
Guide to the excavations at Agia Napa conducted by the Department of Antiquities and the preservation of rock cut tombs in the area.
Excavations at Kissonerga
Edgar Peltenburg's report on excavations by the University of Edinburgh 1979- 1992, part of the Lemba Archaeological Project.
Excavations at Palaipaphos
Project reconstructing the history of the city of Palaipaphos in Cyprus and of its famous Sanctuary of Aphrodite. Excavations first conducted in 1966 by the German Archaeological Institute.
Excavations at Politiko Phorades
A Late Bronze Age Cypriot copper mining site, the excavation is part of the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project investigating ancient mining and landscape archaeology in Cyprus.
Excavations at the Ancient Theater of Paphos
Preliminary results from a team from the University of Sydney has now been excavating since 1995 at the site of an ancient theater in the town of Paphos on the western coast of Cyprus.
HEMEA
Extensive listing of archaeological sites and excavations in Greece and Cyprus.
Lemba Archaeological Project Cyprus
Extensive survey work and excavations carried out in several areas of the Paphos District by the University of Edinburgh.
Life in Cyprus: Archaeology
Tourist guide and map to archaeological sites in Cyprus.
Marki Aloni Project
Excavations by LaTrobe University of a prehistoric Bronze Age town in Cyprus.
Nea Paphos Hellenistic Theater Excavation
The University of Sydney describes its excavations at the site of the ancient theater at Paphos in western Cyprus. Archaeological reports, architecture, finds, team.
One Cannot Export a Palace on Board a Ship
From Backdirt, Aegean influences on Cypriot architecture toward the end of the Late Bronze Age, 13th century bce.
Paphos
World heritage listing of the Paphos archaeological site by UNESCO.
Pasydy Hill Excavations Produce More Finds
From Cyprus Mail, dig focused on defining the exact position of the archaeological remains so plans can be made for the location of the new House of Representatives Building.
Phlamoudi-Melissa Project
Excavations conducted by Columbia University focus on two localities in the town, Vounari and Melissa. The sites are of the late Middle through Late Bronze Ages.
Pottery Ethnoarchaeology in Cyprus
Focuses on the use of recent ethnographic information to develop middle-range theories for interpreting and explaining past human behavior and organization in Cyprus using pottery making.
Sites and Excavations in Cyprus
Listings of current fieldwork being conducted in Cyprus.
Sydney Cyprus Survey Project
An interdisciplinary regional survey project in the Northern Troodos foothills, Central Cyprus, by the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow.
The Cyprus Treasure
An evolving electronic library of historic monuments of ancient and Byzantine Cyprus.
Troodos Archaeological Survey Project
An international interdisciplinary project which investigates the settlement and metallurgical activities on the Troodos Mountains of central Cyprus.
Vasilikos Valley Project
ASOR field survey and various geographical and environmental studies of the region. Excavations have been undertaken at four major sites: the Neolithic site of Kalavasos-Tenta, the Chalcolithic site of Kalavasos-Ayious, the Middle-Late Bronze Age cemetery site within Kalavasos village and the Late Bronze Age settlement and cemetery at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios.
Yeronisos Island Expedition
Archaeological expedition on the island of Yeronisos, off the coast of Cyprus, undertaken by Professor Joan Breton Connelly and the Yeronisos Island Expedition for New York University.