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Week 42: 12–18 October 2026

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A coin exhibition opened in Nicosia on 16 October, CAARI called for papers for the centenary of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition, and the death of the archaeologist and benefactor Malcolm Wiener was announced. Earlier in October, two Byzantine icons came back to the Metropolis of Morphou.

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AResearch· 18 OctNew

Wheat traces at Chlorakas-Palloures question the view that cereals were minor in Chalcolithic Cyprus

Phytoliths from 25 soil samples at the village north of Paphos point to wheat as its main cereal, though the charred seeds are mostly figs, lentils and pistachio.

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Books · New book · 18 OctNew
Children painted some 'crude' Bronze Age pots at Kalopsidha, new book on Cypriot ceramics argues
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Research · 18 OctNew
Strabo's Arsinoe near Palaepaphos probably never existed, argues study of a Ptolemaic queen's cult
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Research · 18 OctNew
Charred barley and chaff in a Pyla shaft point to stored animal fodder around 1200 BCE
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Fieldwork · 18 OctNew
Hellenistic quarry under Paphos's Fabrika hill became an unused tomb, then a church
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Museums · 18 OctNew
Nicosia's €144m new Cyprus Museum will not be delivered before 2028, MPs told
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Research · 18 OctNew
Bronze Age tombs at Hala Sultan Tekke held what may be burnt bouquets of grain and wild flowers
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Research · 18 OctNew
48 carved stones near Kourion may come from an unknown Roman temple, study argues
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Museums · 18 OctNew
Aphrodite at the Ashmolean: Cyprus lends a sanctuary figurine of a woman giving birth
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Books · New book · 18 OctNew
Bronze Age wells and pits at Hala Sultan Tekke were filled on purpose, new book argues
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Research · 18 OctNew
Laser scans find 23 more possible ships carved on a Bronze Age temple at Kition
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Books · New book · 18 OctNew
New Tombs of the Kings volume centres on the Paphos tomb linked to Ptolemy, king of Cyprus
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Heritage crime · 18 OctNew
Two 14th-century Asinou icons stolen after the 1974 invasion return to Cyprus from Britain

Four speakers seated at a white table in a museum hall, presenting to a seated audience, under a banner showing a large silver coin and the title Messages on Metal in Greek and English — The presentation of Messages on Metal at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia.Photo: Constantinos Ioannou · The week's issue →

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair and round dark glasses, in a dark pinstripe suit and patterned navy tie — Malcolm H. Wiener.American School of Classical Studies at Athens · The week's issue →

The icon of the Evangelist Matthew, one of the two returned to the Metropolis of Morphou.The week's issue →

Black-and-white photograph of terracotta chariots and standing figurines lying in groups on the floor of an excavation trench, with cardboard boxes at the back — Terracotta chariots and figures in the ground at the sanctuary of Ajia Irini, excavated by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition.John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition; Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0) · The week's issue →