News
New books and catalogues on Cypriot archaeology and history.
Books·Brief
Sixteen studies edited by Sergios Menelaou and Edyta Marzec run from metal-imitating prehistoric pots to the workshops that supplied Ottoman Nicosia.
Source: Routledge (Taylor & Francis): Ancient and Preindustrial Ceramics from Cyprus
Books·Brief
Teresa Bürge's study of more than 60 features dug in 2014–2022 finds figurines, seals and imports from Egypt to Sardinia in fills unlike household refuse.
Source: Åström Editions, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (SIMA) M162
Books·Brief
Sophocles Hadjisavvas, who began digging the Paphos cemetery in 1977, publishes the 1977–1981 seasons; the Ministry ties Tomb 8 to Ptolemy of Cyprus (80–58 BCE).
Source: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus: Release of Volume I
Books·Roundup
Oxford announces an Aphrodite exhibition with loans from Cyprus, a Routledge volume on Cypriot ceramics goes online, and charred plants from Hala Sultan Tekke tombs are published.
Source: Ashmolean Museum: Aphrodite, press release
Books·Brief
John R. Hilton wrote up his 1934–36 posting some forty years later from family letters. Nicholas Stanley-Price has edited it for Archaeopress.
Source: Archaeopress: Colonial Intrigues and My Dismissal as Director of Antiquities
