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The ARU 59th Public Lecture Series

Graduate Forum for Mediterranean Archaeology (FoMArch)
1st Postgraduate International Conference

Excursion to the mines of Asgata

The ARU 58th Public Lecture Series

The ARU 57th Public Lecture Series

Prof. Vasiliki Kassianidou elected Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America

2nd technical meeting of the esearch project “METAL PLACES: Culture crossroads in eastern Mediterranean’’ takes places in Asgata, Cyprus.

The ARU 56th Public Lecture series

Kick off meeting of research project “METAL PLACES: Culture crossroads in eastern Mediterranean’’ takes places in Sifnos

New research Project “METAL PLACES: Culture crossroads in eastern Mediterranean’’ is launched

The ARU 55th Public Lecture series

A great success for Dr Artemis Georgiou, a member of the Archaeological Research Unit who has secured an ERC – Starting Grant.

Prof. V. Kassianidou among EU excellent scientists profiled in Net4Society e-magazine ISSUES

Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) 3-year Postdoctoral positions on "European identity"

Community and Public Archaeology Day, 31/10 - 01/11/2020
Communities of Kofinou, Alaminos and Agios Theodoros. A day in the field with archaeologists from the University of Cyprus. Before participation, please, download the Android mobile app HERE

Archaeological Research at UCY, 2019 - One-day Workshop
Archaeological Research Unit Lecture Room, 12 Gladstone Str., Nicosia 1095
Saturday 8 February 2020, 09:30-18:30

Announcement of position: Special Scientist, Research Project SaRoCy

Scientific Workshop: Porphyra - The Materiality of Purple Dye Production and Use in Cyprus and the Aegean from Prehistory to the Late Roman Period
Organised by the Archaeological Research Unit and INSTAP (Crete)
Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
November 1st-2nd, 2019

Scientific Conference: The Archaeology of Cyprus and the Wider Mediterranean: A Conference in Honour of A. Bernard Knapp
Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
June 6th-7th, 2019

UCY in the 150 TOP institutions in Archaeology worldwide according to the QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2019

Scientific Conference: The Materiality of Purple Dye Production and Use in Cyprus and the Aegean from Prehistory to the Late Roman Period
Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, Nicosia
November 1st-2nd, 2019

The Mazotos Shipwreck
The shipwreck in the Japanese and Indian Press

Harvey Mudd College donates collection of ancient Cypriot artefacts to the University of Cyprus
A memorandum for the Donation of ancient Cypriot artefacts to UCY was signed between representatives of HMC, the rector of UCY Prof. C. Christofides and the director of ARU Prof. V. Kassianidou on December 11th, 2018

Unlocking Sacred Landscapes Research Network 2nd International Confererence: Digital Humanities and Ritual Space
GeoSat ReSeArch Lab, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.)
Rethymnon, Crete, 19-21 October 2018
Coorganised by F.O.R.T.H. (Greece), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and Archaeological Research Unit, UCY (Cyprus)

The 14th Conference of the Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique: The Continuity of Classical Iconography in the Mosaics of Late Antiquity:
Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, 15-19 October 2018
Coorganised by the Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique and the Archaeological Research Unit, UCY

1st International Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Documentary Film and Cultural Festival
ΤΕΤΡΑΚΤΥΣ, Community Council of Aglantzia, RIK, Archaeological Research Unit - University of Cyprus
Skali Cultural Centre, Aglantzia, Nicosia, 19-23 September 2018

Symposium MedSTACH, “Designing a Cross-Institutional Science, Engineering and Technology Centre of Excellence for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges”
University of Cyprus, Nicosia
31st August 2018

3rd CAA-GR Conference, “Spreading Excellence in Computer Applications for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage”
Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol
19th-20th June 2018

37thCAARI Annual Summer Workshop
Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia
Saturday 16th June 2018, 08:45-15:30

Archaeological Research at UCY, 2017 - One-day Workshop
Archaeological Research Unit Lecture Room
Saturday 10 February 2018, 09:00-17:30

MedSTACH - Eastern Mediterranean Science and Technology Centre of Excellence for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage - Kick-off meeting
Nicosia, 5 September 2017

Lecture by Prof. Emer. V. Karagiorghis on the occasion of the donation of his library to UCY
Amphitheatre B108, A.G. Leventis Senate Building, University Campus, Nicosia, 7 November 2017, 18:00 p.m.

MedSTACH European Project - Kick-off meeting.
"Kasteliotissa" Medieval Hall, Nicosia, 5 September 2017, 09:00-11:00 am.

New pan-European excellence for UCY and ARU (Horizon 2020): Cyprus as an excellence hub in archaeology and cultural heritage (MedSTACH)

Glafcos Clerides' Antiquities Collection donated to the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus

2nd Annual Workshop of the Archaeological Research Unit:
The Archaeological Research of the University of Cyprus, 2016
Archaeological Research Unit, Saturday 11/02/2017, 09:00-17:30

13th International ASWA Meeting:
Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, June 7th-9th, 2017.
Organised by: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), University of Cyprus, and University of Sheffield

8th International Conference on PPN Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East:
Near Eastern Lithic technologies on the move - Interactions and Contexts in the Neolithic Traditions, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, November 23rd – 27th, 2016

Professor Emeritus Demetrios Michaelides receives Honours by the Italian Embassy in Cyprus

International Conference:
CONCEALMENT AND REVELATION IN THE ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES
22-24 September 2017 - Deptartment of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Archaeological Research Unit at the Researcher's Night (Friday, September 30th, 2016)

A New EU-funded Research Project for M.A.RE Lab of the Archaeological Research Unit
Virtual Museums and Digital Cultural Heritage

The EU-funded NARNIA Project in the Sunday Paper "Kathimerini": interdisciplinarity in Archaeology, the NARNIA Project and the ongoing scientific research of the ARU Director, Prof. Vasiliki Kassianidou

The Archaeological Research Unit in the Cypriot newspaper "Phileleftheros"

1st Annual Workshop of the Archaeological Research Unit:
The Archaeological Research of the University of Cyprus, 2015
Archaeological Research Unit, Saturday 13/02/2016, 09:00-17:00

Presentation "Underwater Archaeology - Mazotos Shipwreck", Tuesday 26th January 2016, 19:00, CYTA-Nicosia

Season's Greetings from the Archaeological Research Unit

Competition Announcement: The Archaeological-Research-Unit Logo

Scholarship of the Honor Frost Foundation for students of the Postgraduate Programme in "Field Archaeology on Land and under the Sea"

Scholarshiop of the Alpha Bank for an MA or a PhD in the Postgraduate Programme in "Mediterranean Archaeology" of the Department of History and Archaeology

Μuseum of Cycladic Arr: CYPRUS SEMINAR - Recent Developments in the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean

NEW MASTERS PROGRAMME in "FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY ON LAND & UNDER THE SEA", in Greek and in English, starting in the Winter Semester 2014-2015