Cyprus-Pyla Excavation Project
The new research project at Pyla (since 2014) is a joint venture between the Universities of Ghent and Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) and the Mediterranean Archaeological Society (Greece), respectively directed by
Prof. Joachim Bretschneider, Prof. Jan Driessen and Dr. Athanasia Kanta
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
- Public PhD Defense: Ioanna Kostopoulou - 11.06.2024
The Multicultural Character of the Settlement of Pyla-Kokkinokremos on Cyprus around 1200 BCE: Ceramic Analysis and Interpretation (Promotors: Prof. Joachim Bretschneider & PD Dr. Reinhard Jung) - 11.06.2024 - 15.00 - Auditorium D, Blok B-Blok C (Campus Rommelaere), A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Gent.
- Lecture: PD Dr. Reinhard Jung (Austrian Academy of Sciences) - 11.06.2024
From Aḫḫiyawa to Alašiya: Diachronic Changes in Mycenaean Pottery Export to Cyprus - 11.06.2024 – 11.15-12.00 - Henri-Pirenne - UFO-Building - Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33-35, 9000 Gent.
New publications:
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.
312 Pages
ISBN: 978-2-39061-344-2
To buy, see: https://pul.uclouvain.be/book/?gcoi=29303100784960
Sponsors
The Cyprus-Pyla Excavation Project is funded by:
Special Research Fund Ghent University
FWO/ G010218N “A Time Capsule of the Crisis Period”
the Rust Family Foundation for the C-PEPL of the Uclouvain
the ARC : "A World in Crisis?" Archaeological and Epigraphical Perspectives on the Late Bronze Age (13th c. B.C.) Mediterranean Systems'Collapse: a case study approach.
the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP)
Private sponsors. All Gifts are tax deductible. Donations, mentioning CYPRUS-PYLA EXCAVATIONS, can be sent to IBAN BE29 2710 3664 0164 - BIC: GEBABEBB , or to IBAN BE22 3101 4238 2447 - BIC: BBRUBEBB
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.
The project is carried out in collaboration with:
