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Shrimp
When talking about Cyprus you cannot not talk about the cats of the island. While there are so many non-domesticated cats roaming the streets it’s hard to not stop and visit with a few of them. This was the case for little shrimp! This little baby lived behind the Blazer Residence in the parking lot.…
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The Heartbreak of Topsoil Sherds
I am not an archaeologist. Before coming to Cyprus, I never thought I’d have the opportunity to even pretend to be an archaeologist– aside from the time as a kid I buried some toys in the backyard one fall and then tried to find them all the next spring. I’ve never written a field report,…
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Burial Rituals in Hellenistic Cyprus – Pafos post 2
To piggy back off my previous Tomb of the Kings post, I want to cover what was discovered by the excavations, particularly about the burial rituals on this site. Going on this trip has changed a lot for me, and one of those being my concentration of study. I found great interest in body adornment…
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St. Helena, Cats, and the True Cross
We’ve already talked about the cats. The cats in Cyprus are impossible to miss– weaving through legs on restaurant patios, sunning themselves in front of store windows, lounging on the roofs of parked cars– Cyprus is full of cats. The semi-feral feline denizens of Larnaca are unavoidable. Posts here have already covered the legend explaining…
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The Excavation History of the Tomb of the Kings – Pafos post 1
While visiting the tomb of the kings site, the work that we are doing in EU23 was on my mind. The number of days it took to clean one wall, and the amount of time I spent finding bedrock in one tiny square. I stared in awe at the columns above me and tried to…
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Bio-Archaeology Exhibit at Cyprus Museum
The exhibit “Face to Face: Meet An Ancient Cypriot” was my favorite exhibit visited on the trip. This exhibit was at the Cyprus Archaeological Museum in Nicosia. There were 5 studies of Cypriot individuals of ancient times. Each one of them had a story of who they were, how they lived and what life would…
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The Tomb of the Kings
On our field trips we got to view some magnificent sites, one of them being the Tomb of the Kings. This site is a World Heritage site that is being well preserved. The architecture of the tombs is unworldly due to the massive size of these tombs. When walking up to the site you don’t…
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Kalavasos-Tenta
This Neolithic site is one to see! When arriving at the enormous tent I couldn’t believe that there was a site under it. This site was said to have been inhabited as early as 7560 BC due to radiocarbon dates that had been extracted from the site. Along with dating, the excavations have produced bone…
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The thrill of the dig!
When you think of Archaeology you probably refer to what you see on television. Loosely showing what goes into excavating a site. They show the cool artifacts that they find and how easy it was to pull them up out of the ground. Have you noticed most shows don’t show how they are digging out…
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Archaeology stories on Cyprus
When walking around the island you will get to interact a lot with people from the culture and they have a lot to talk about when you do. The man at the corner store Angy’s down the way from the Armenian Church was enthusiastic about talking about the town that he grew up in.…
Vigla Archaeological Project 