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Paphos excavations uncover ancient bath house

EXCAVATIONS east of the new-opened Kings Avenue Mall in Paphos have uncovered a series of clay pipes, speculated to be a part of a Hellenistic and Roman-era aqueduct and system of bath houses....

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‘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 Marottou-Ais Yiorkis, they said on...

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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 direction of Dr. Thomas W. Davis of the Tandy...

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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 investigations into what was...

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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 of animal bone...

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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 shot down by friendly fire during the 1974...

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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 a military cemetery near the defunct Nicosia airport....

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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 during the latest excavations...

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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, they said on Wednesday. Between September 9...

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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  where human remains were found recently....

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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 on board will be concluded in the next few days, Presidential...

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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 Nestoros, the Greek Cypriot member...

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Excavations indicate ancient city near Larnaca Salt Lake was destroyed by...

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 was destroyed possibly twice...

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‘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 on Sunday. Fotiou said that not only...

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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 crews working for the committee on missing persons....

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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 Cypriot member Gulden Plumer Kucuk has told the...

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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 represents one of the...

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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 graves were excavated in an...

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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 (2500-2300...

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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 Nicosia in the north. According to an announcement by the...

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