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Week 12: 16–22 March 2026

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A Cypro-Archaic jug spotted in a British online auction was back in Cypriot hands, and a UNESCO campaign against the trafficking of cultural property opened at Larnaca airport. Members of Parliament toured the building site of the new Archaeological Museum of Cyprus in Nicosia, and the University of Cyprus presented its 2025 fieldwork.

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A round-bodied red clay jug with one handle and a broken rim, painted with black concentric circles and bands, with a paper auction tag numbered 156 tied to the handle, on a black ground — The Black-on-Red jug returned from the United Kingdom, with its sale tag still attached.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus · The week's issue →

A tall blue poster with an X-ray-style drawing of a suitcase and the words Protect our common heritage, beside the stairs of an airport departures hall, under UNESCO and European Union logos — A campaign poster in the departures hall at Larnaca airport.Deputy Ministry of Culture, Cyprus · The week's issue →

Visitors in hard hats and yellow high-visibility vests stand on a construction site in front of a long curved concrete building with a crane above it — The visiting party at the museum site in Nicosia, 19 March 2026.Deputy Ministry of Culture, Cyprus · The week's issue →