The news, week by week
Week 39: 21–27 September 2026
2 pieces·2 places
The week brought guided visits to the art and antiquities of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, a government meeting on how new prisons at Agios Sozomenos will keep clear of the Bronze Age sites there, and a University of Cyprus lecture on newly read inscriptions.
In brief
Fieldwork
New Central Prisons at Agios Sozomenos to be kept apart from the Bronze Age site
The prison buildings are being considered for the north of the state plot, and works with the Department of Antiquities would make the antiquities easier to visit.
· Nicosia