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Week 45: 2–8 November 2026

10 pieces·7 places

6 events2 fieldwork2 museums

AFieldwork· 5 NovNew

Karavas churches of 1804 and 1854 restored by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot conservators

Ayia Irini and Ayios Georgios of Mezere, in the occupied north, were conserved with EU and village funds; the cemetery at Kalopsida has also been restored.

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Museums · 3 NovNew
€1.6m redesign will strengthen Kourion's 1937 museum house at Episkopi against earthquakes
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Fieldwork · 3 NovNew
Iconostasis and monk-painted walls restored at the monastery of Saint Barnabas near Salamis

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Columns of a small temple on a stepped platform, with visitors — The Temple of Apollo Hylates west of Kourion, partly re-erected. Finds from the sanctuary are shown in the museum's second hall.Photo: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The story →

A wide wooden screen of carved and gilded panels holding rows of painted icons of standing saints, with a tall painted cross above it and stands with candles in front — The iconostasis of the monastery church in 2008, before the conservation completed this year.Gerhard Haubold, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · The story →

In brief

Museums

Groundbreakers: Petrie Museum display on women archaeologists opens in London on 5 NovemberNew
Papers from the archives of the British research institutes abroad join Petrie objects until 30 January 2027, with a new film and two evening talks at UCL.
3 Nov · London

Events

Leventis Foundation screens Papapetrou's films; he recalls Karageorghis's return to SalamisNew
Paschalis Papapetrou, director of more than 50 documentaries, says his Salamis film, shot with Karageorghis at the site, won an award in Athens in 2010.
3 Nov · Nicosia

Also announced this week:5 events and exhibitions →

Karavas churches of 1804 and 1854 restored by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot conservators

€1.6m redesign will strengthen Kourion's 1937 museum house at Episkopi against earthquakes

Iconostasis and monk-painted walls restored at the monastery of Saint Barnabas near Salamis

In brief

Groundbreakers: Petrie Museum display on women archaeologists opens in London on 5 NovemberNew

Leventis Foundation screens Papapetrou's films; he recalls Karageorghis's return to SalamisNew