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Week 3: 12–18 January 2026

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Alain Le Brun and Odile Daune-Le Brun, the French couple who have excavated Neolithic Khirokitia for half a century, received Cyprus's award for archaeological heritage on 12 January, its first presentation since Vassos Karageorghis received it in 2011. Later in the week the Department of Antiquities postponed an evening of events at the Cyprus Museum and closed the Limassol museum for a day.

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President Nikos Christodoulides presents the award to Odile Daune-Le Brun and Alain Le Brun at the Pallas Theatre, Nicosia, on 12 January.Photo: Alex Mita, Press and Information Office · The week's issue →