Cyprus-Pyla Excavation Project

RECENT Events - News

• Lecture by Dr. Tatiana Pedrazzi - 02.12.2024

The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus and the ComPAS ERC Starting Grant invite you to a hybrid public lecture (ZOOM & the ARU building) on Monday, December 2nd 2024, at 19:30 (Athens Time zone) by Dr. Tatiana Pedrazzi, Senior researcher, National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Heritage Science, Milan, Italy, titled: "Between the Levantine coast and Cyprus: Canaanite commercial jars as indicators of cross-cultural contacts (13th-12th centuries BCE)"

For registration: https://ucy.zoom.us/.../u5AtdOChrD0pGdU0f_wKIk6gW7_tn0lMTgMj

New publications:

• Donald A., Driessen J. & Bretschneider J., Linear Style Seals, Glyptic Networks, and Cultural Interconnections Amidst Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean Turmoil. Some Observations on a Seal from Pyla-Kokkinokremos, in: AKKADICA 145/2, 2024, 201-227.

• Driessen J., Gaignerot-Driessen F. & Hermon S., Sphinx or warrior? A small, bronze head from Pyla-Kokkinokremos, Cyprus, in: Journal of Greek Archaeology 9, 2024, 305-325.

• Bretschneider J., Driessen J. & Kanta A. (eds.), Excavations at Pyla-Kokkinokremos. Preliminary Report on the 2014-2019 Excavations (Aegis 24), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2023.

312 Pages

ISBN: 978-2-39061-344-2

To buy, see: https://pul.uclouvain.be/book/?gcoi=29303100784960

• Driessen J., Bretschneider J. & Kanta A., Prelude to Crisis? A Closer look at Pyla-Kokkinokremos, in: Fischer P.M. and T. Bürge (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference ‘The Decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond’, 2023.

• Hermon S., Faka M., Gasanova S., Polig M., Vassallo V., Driessen J., Kanta A. & Bretschneider J.,  Work in Progress: The contribution of Science and Technology in the investigations at the Late Bronze Age site of Pyla-Kokkinokremos (Cyprus), in: Fischer P.M. and T. Bürge (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference ‘The Decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond’, 2023.

The project benefits from the aid of the Department of Antiquities: Dr. Giorgos Georgiou, Dr. Marina Solomidou-Ieronimydou, Dr. Despo Pilides, Dr. Anna Satraki, Dr. Pantelitsa Mylona and Eftychia Zachariou. We also thank the British Sovereign base for facilitating our work at the Pyla plateau.