Although work on the site has been limited since the Covid pandemic; team members have been working on publication of various research project associated with the Paphos Theatre. The most recent out this month is a paper by C. Richards in the journal Herom: Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture examining graffiti games located at the theatre site and contextualising them within other Roman and Late Antique board games in Cyprus. The paper is available here.

C. Richards, "Playing games at the Paphos Theatre: an examination of graffiti games uncovered by the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project", Herom: Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture 10, 2021, 77-98

A few team members are presenting Zoom seminars and lectures for a number of University of Sydney organisations in May. Details on registration for Zoom access can be found in the various advertisements.

While the world sits at home in isolation during the Covid-19 crisis why not fill in some time with the Paphos Theatre digital jigsaw puzzles. We now have a range of 6 digital puzzles for you to enjoy. Access the puzzles here.

While the world is in isolation and archaeological sites are closed we plan to post some videos of past seasons. One of the major finds of 2019 was a near intact late Roman jug in Trench 19D. Here it is being lifted from the ground to the excitement of the team. Vision captured by Dr Bob Miller.

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, the excavations will look back at some of our achievements. In September 1996 we featured in the Australian media, in Good Weekend magazine.

FLASHBACK TO FEBRUARY 1995

2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project. We shall take a look back at some of our achievements over the course of celebrating this year.
It was in February 1995 that project founder Emeritus Professor Richard Green, the Renee and Arthur George Chair of Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney visited Paphos along with Professor Margaret Clunies-Ross and Dr John Tidmarsh to do a reconnaissance of the site. Green would return to the site in May with a team of archaeologists and students to undertake the first season of excavation.

Here are some images from 25 years ago in February 1995, before the excavations began and with buildings now demolished.

Our friends and colleagues at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens have just launched a blog and we were very excited to contribute to it with a small entry on our recent 2019 field season!

Read the blog entry here.

The 2019 field season has today been reported on by a number of Cypriot news outlets.

Cyprus Mail

In-Cyprus

Philenews

Read more about our latest season of excavations in the theatre quarter of ancient Nea Paphos.

On 7 October 2019 Dr Craig Barker presented to a lecture on the Paphos Theatre to the Archaeological Research Unit at the University of Cyprus