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Ancient Ship Carvings Turn a Cyprus Temple Wall Into a Maritime Archive Built Over Centuries
Dozens of ancient ship carvings appear to sail across the weathered sandstone blocks of a monumental temple in Cyprus. Some consist of little more than a hull, while others preserve masts, rigging, oars and distinctive projections at the bow. These images at Kition Kathari in modern Larnaka were already known to archaeologists. A new study…
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New Excavations Reveal More of Cyprus’ 4,500-Year-Old Kissonerga Settlement
A new excavation season at Kissonerga-Skalia in western Cyprus has provided further evidence for the development of a Bronze Age community that remained occupied for centuries before undergoing a dramatic transformation into a center of specialized production. The four-week 2026 campaign was conducted by the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, or CAARI, in association with…
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Lost Apollo Sanctuary in Cyprus Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Offerings Still Standing Where Worshippers Left Them
For more than a century, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa survived mostly as an old archaeological story. First explored in 1885, then poorly published and eventually lost from the map, the rural sanctuary near Pera Oreinis in Cyprus had become one of those places known more through fragments than through the ground itself. Now…