The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Cyprus through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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- Aceramic Period Cyprus Article on the Aceramic Period of Khirokitia dated to the sixth millennium BCE. The settlement displays cosmopolitan contacts with adjacent Palaeolithic societies in the Mediterranean.
- Ancient Cyprus Mailing list on the archaeology and history of Cyprus from earliest times to 1900CE. Open to archaeologists, historians, and interested members of the public.
- Agia Varvara-Almyras Research Project Study of ancient copper production on Cyprus. The project is a joint-venture between the Archaeometallurgical Project of Agia Varvara-Almyras in Cyprus, the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research and the Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research. Site also available in German.
- The Cyprus Treasure An evolving electronic library of historic monuments of ancient and Byzantine Cyprus.
- Excavations at Politiko Phorades A Late Bronze Age Cypriot copper mining site, the excavation is part of the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project investigating ancient mining and landscape archaeology in Cyprus.
- Life in Cyprus: Archaeology Tourist guide and map to archaeological sites in Cyprus.
- Sydney Cyprus Survey Project An interdisciplinary regional survey project in the Northern Troodos foothills, Central Cyprus, by the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow.
- Yeronisos Island Expedition Archaeological expedition on the island of Yeronisos, off the coast of Cyprus, undertaken by Professor Joan Breton Connelly and the Yeronisos Island Expedition for New York University.
- BBC: Bronze Age Perfume Discovered Italian archaeologists in Cyprus say they have found the site of an ancient perfume factory from the Bronze Age.
- Cyprus Archaeology Site devoted to Cyprus and Cypriot Archaeology. Lists of sites, periods, projects, and museums.
- Agia Napa Monastery Photographs and information on this ancient Christian site.
- The Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus A number of scientific articles provided by the American Schools of Oriental Research.
- Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus.