6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (379+ words) Antiquities from Cyprus will be exhibited for the first time outside of the country in the autumn exhibition at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum’s The Making of a Goddess exhibition starting in October. “Bringing together archaeology, sculpture, painting, contemporary…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (679+ words) Two groups of researchers are defending the view that the Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile was occupied by ancient hunter-gatherers about 14,500 years ago after another ​study indicated it was much younger — a debate with major implications for understanding the…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (944+ words) Every day we see items that eventually become recognisable images – in tourist shops, on postage stamps, on official logos – yet their origins elude us. A trip to the Cyprus Museum can fix that. With the heat still continuing, the museum…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) A scientifically accurate replica of the monumental head of Aphrodite of Lefkolla has been installed at the Paralimni-Dherynia town hall in a specially constructed museum showcase. The exhibition display case and pedestal were built, designed and installed by Manolis Kamasas,…...