#Antiquities Department

A Byzantine church temple and a clay-processing tank were uncovered during excavations at Kofinou-Ayios Heraklios and Menoyia-Limnes, in the Larnaca district. “The excavation uncovered a near-complete floor made of large ...

Ancient buildings, pottery and tools uncovered at an Erimi settlement are providing new evidence of how people lived and worked in Cyprus around 5,000 years ago. The finds at Erimi Pamboula ...

Two 14th-century Byzantine icons depicting the Evangelists Matthew and Mark have been repatriated to Cyprus after being smuggled following the 1974 Turkish invasion, the bishopric of Morphou announced on Friday. The ...

Two restoration projects are under way on Nicosia’s medieval walls, with work on the Podocataro Bastion expected to be completed by November, the Department of Antiquities told the Cyprus ...

A rare 2,500-year-old coin minted in ancient Salamis has been discovered on a beach in Israel after a municipal worker searching for lost valuables uncovered it in the sand. The ...

An ancient juglet was returned to Cyprus after being identified during an online auction in the United Kingdom, the antiquities department said on Wednesday. The artefact is a base-ring juglet, ...

New discoveries at Fabrika Hill in Kato Paphos have provided fresh insight into how ancient Nea Paphos was defended and developed over centuries, following the completion of this year’s ...

A Cypriot ceramic vase nearly 4,000 years old was returned to Cyprus from Canada on Tuesday, after it had been listed for sale at an online auction. The Department of Antiquities ...

Forty-eight Cypriot antiquities dating from the early bronze age to the medieval period have been returned to Cyprus from Greece and were on Tuesday formally handed over to the Cyprus ...

The architecture of the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos “combines Greek, Egyptian and Macedonian elements”, the antiquities department said on Wednesday, adding that this fact reflects “the multicultural character ...

Archaeologists have uncovered over 20 ancient votive statue bases at the Apollo sanctuary in Frangissa, near Pera Orinis, it was made known on Friday. The department of antiquities said the newly ...

Eighteen Cypriot antiquities have been handed over to the embassy of the Republic of Cyprus Embassy in Washington after being identified in an online auction by officials monitoring the illegal ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the incident served as a reminder of the enduring historical and ...

Two Cypriot antiquities have been repatriated from the United States, the antiquities department said on Tuesday. The antiquities were delivered to the Cyprus embassy in Washington in November. They had ...

A ceramic antiquity has been returned to Cyprus after being identified in an online auction, the antiquities department announced on Tuesday. The juglet, dating to 750 BC, was handed over during ...

The antiquities department on Friday said that recent reports describing the unification project of Larnaca’s archaeological sites as “stalled” or “completely halted” do not reflect the full situation. The ...

The antiquities department has updated the guided tour experience of archaeological sites by launching a new digital platform and placing QR codes at ancient monuments, the deputy ministry of culture ...

In a significant step to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage items, the Cyprus customs department on Friday handed over two ancient coins to the department of antiquities. The ...

The Antiquities Department of the deputy culture ministry has received a donation of an Kourion excavation archive by American archaeologist David Soren of the University of Arizona. Soren carried out ...

The longstanding neglect of a 19th-century windmill in the Exo Vrysi area has sparked public outcry, with Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos openly criticising the Department of Antiquities for its inaction. ...

A total of 266 Cypriot antiquities were handed over to Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou in Claremont, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, including a rare copper talent, the third such artefact to ...

A ring-shaped vessel of the Late Bronze Age of Cypriot origin was repatriated from Paris on November 1, the department of antiquities said on Friday. The antiquity was located by the ...

Antiquities removed from Cyprus in the 1960s have returned home. The Department of Antiquities announced on Friday that a total of 37 pieces, removed by a German citizen, who was at ...

A marble statue of Apollo’s twin sister Artemis dating to the fourth century AD was found during the 2024 final excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space Project, it was ...