Department of Antiquities (Cyprus)

The Department of Antiquities is a government department of the Republic of Cyprus with responsibility for archaeological research and cultural heritage management.^[1] It was established in 1935 by the British colonial government.^[2] The department is headed by the Director of the Department of Antiquities, next in line is the position of the Director of the Cyprus Museum and following that, the Curator of Monuments. It has conducted excavations at Khoirokoitia, Kition, Amathus, Kourion, Paphos, Salamis, Enkomi and carried multiple rescue excavations all around the island. The Department publishes yearly the Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (RDAC) and the Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (ARDAC).

In 1955 the Director Peter Megaw established an Archaeological Survey Branch and appointed Hector Catling as the head and Kyriacos Nicolaou as an Assistant and a number of technicians.^[3] The Branch was discontinued in 1974.^[4]

The Department of Antiquities operates various archaeological sites such as Idalion, Kourion, Paphos Archaeological Park and museums like the Cyprus Museum, archaeological district museums of Paphos, Limassol, Kition and smaller local museums like the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion.

Directors of the Department of Antiquities[]

John Robert Hilton (1934-1935)
Peter Megaw (1935-1960)
Porphyrios Dikaios (1960-1963)
Vassos Karageorghis (1963-1989)
Athanasios Papageorgiou (1989-1991)
Demos Christou (1991-1997)
Sophocles Hadjisavvas
Pavlos Flourentzos
Maria Hadjicosti
Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou (current)

Curators of the Cyprus Museum[]

Menelaos Markides (1912-1931)
Porphyrios Dikaios (1931-1960)
Kyriakos Nicolaou (1964-1979)
Despo Pilides (until 2021)

Assistant Curators of the Cyprus Museum[]

Porphyrios Dikaios (1929-1931)

Curators of Monuments[]

George H. Everett Jeffery
Athanasios Papageorgiou (1962-1989)
Giorgos Filotheou
Giorgos Georgiou

Inspectors of Antiquities[]

Archaeological Survey Officers[]

Hector Catling (1955-1959)

Publications[]

The Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (ARDAC) for the years 2006-2009 can be accessed online.

References[]

^ "Mission / Authorities". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
^ "Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
^ Karageorghis, Vassos (2012). "In memoriam Hector Catling. A Stylobate of Cypriote Archaeology". Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes. 42 (1): 9–10. doi:10.3406/cchyp.2012.1009.
^ "Archaeological Field Survey in Cyprus. Past History, Future Potentials. Proceedings of a Conference held by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, 1-2 December 2000. BSA Studies, 11 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review". Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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[1] "Mission / Authorities". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.

[2] "Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.

[3] Karageorghis, Vassos (2012). "In memoriam Hector Catling. A Stylobate of Cypriote Archaeology". Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes. 42 (1): 9–10. doi:10.3406/cchyp.2012.1009.

[4] "Archaeological Field Survey in Cyprus. Past History, Future Potentials. Proceedings of a Conference held by the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, 1-2 December 2000. BSA Studies, 11 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review". Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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