Ancient Cyprus: Books news https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/topic/books New books and catalogues on Cypriot archaeology and history. en Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:30:00 GMT Children painted some 'crude' Bronze Age pots at Kalopsidha, new book on Cypriot ceramics argues https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/ancient-preindustrial-ceramics-from-cyprus-routledge-volume https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/ancient-preindustrial-ceramics-from-cyprus-routledge-volume Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:30:00 GMT Sixteen studies edited by Sergios Menelaou and Edyta Marzec run from metal-imitating prehistoric pots to the workshops that supplied Ottoman Nicosia. Books Alexis Drakopoulos Painted pottery surface in brown on cream showing a horse pulling a chariot with two riders, a standing robed figure holding scales, a small human figure and a spotted animal Bronze Age wells and pits at Hala Sultan Tekke were filled on purpose, new book argues https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/hala-sultan-tekke-wells-pits-tombs-ritual-or-refuse https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/hala-sultan-tekke-wells-pits-tombs-ritual-or-refuse Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT 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. Books Alexis Drakopoulos The shallow water of the Larnaca Salt Lake under a blue sky, with scrub and grasses in the foreground and the domed Hala Sultan Tekke mosque among trees on the far shore New Tombs of the Kings volume centres on the Paphos tomb linked to Ptolemy, king of Cyprus https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/tombs-of-the-kings-final-publication-first-volume https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/tombs-of-the-kings-final-publication-first-volume Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT 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). Books Alexis Drakopoulos A large rectangular block of golden rock left standing in a sunken rock-cut court, with a doorway and niches cut into its sides This Week in Cypriot Archaeology: 7–13 September 2026 https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/this-week-in-cypriot-archaeology-2026-w37 https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/this-week-in-cypriot-archaeology-2026-w37 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT 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. Books Alexis Drakopoulos Title card reading This Week in Cypriot Archaeology, 7–13 September 2026, in dark serif type on a cream ground, with a faint outline of Cyprus in the lower right corner Cyprus's first Director of Antiquities was sacked within a year; his memoir is now in print https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/hilton-memoir-dismissal-director-of-antiquities-1934 https://www.ancientcyprus.com/news/hilton-memoir-dismissal-director-of-antiquities-1934 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT John R. Hilton wrote up his 1934–36 posting some forty years later from family letters. Nicholas Stanley-Price has edited it for Archaeopress. Books Alexis Drakopoulos Pale green book cover with the title in capitals above a stylised painting of a Gothic cathedral behind battlements and a palm tree, with the author and editor named below