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      • Orthographic
    • 2018 Public Lecture
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    • Join as a Student team member
    • Volunteer Program
    • The Team in pictures
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      • 2019 Season Press Release
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    • Griffin Inv 9101
    • Griffin 9144
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An army (of archaeologists) marches on Its stomach

16/10/2019

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With a team of 70 people this year we are constantly trying to find ingenious ways of feeding everyone meals.

So fig trees were a temptation to some of the team on kitchen duty and the fruits of their labour (pardon the pun) were enjoyed the next day by the team.
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Where are we digging in 2019

13/10/2019

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In 2019 the team has opened eight trenches so far.

Trench 19A is positioned above the Roman road and is a continuation of the trench begun in our last field season and designated as 17A. Trench 19A will reveal tumble collapse over the road. 

Trench 19B is a small area of the road's drain which has been revealed by lifting two small pavers. It will give us access to an area of fill of the drain approximately 50cm x 50cm.

Trenches 19C and 19D are both positioned on the eastern edge of the site close to a modern road and both are designed to pick up more of the road pavers. They will in all likelihood be expanded as the season continues.

Trenches 19E and 19F are both positioned on the top of Fabrika hill and both are designed to reveal more of a significant medieval structure revealed a number of seasons ago.

Trench 19G will expand upon the bedrock cuts associated with the foundations of the rear of the Antonine stage building, while Trench 19H is south of the theatre and deliberately positioned to attempt to pick up the next E-W road in this section of the ancient Roman city of Paphos.

There will be changes as the season progresses and there will be days of excitement in some trenches and days of frustration in some of the others, but the objective of this year is uncover a number of different aspects of Hellenistic, Roman and Medieval Paphos.
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The dawning of a new season: Paphos theatre 2019

13/10/2019

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The sunrises over the 2019 field season!

Last week we began work back at the site of the Hellenistic-Roman theatre of Nea Paphos; our first excavation season since 2017 and the nineteenth excavation season.

In 2019 the team (more than 70 people!) will be opening trenches above the theatre on Fabrika hill, over the Roman road south of the theatre and along the foundations of the stage building. Follow us in coming weeks as we excavate a number of trenches, analysis and study the finds from this and past seasons, and learn more about the ancient theatre of Paphos.
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PAINTED FRESCOES = STREET ART?

2/11/2017

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The study of the traces of painted plaster from the Roman phases of the Paphos theatre by Professor Diana Wood Conroy is one of the most exciting aspects of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project. It gives a tantalising glimpse of how colourful antiquity must have been, as well as the creative expression on the walls of the theatre (an old building by the time of the application of the paint brush to the plastered surface of the parodoi in the Antonine phase).

That is why it is exciting to see splashes of colour on old walls now in Ktima Paphos as part of the Pafos2017 festivities.  Street art is reflective of contemporary culture just as the designs on the theatre's wall reflected Roman tastes and styles.  Some of the works exhibited in Paphos are extraordinary.

One can only wonder what future archaeologist will make of the faded traces of the painted walls of Paphos c. 2017.
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The Street Art Square Festival was part of Pafos2017 celebrations.
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The things that get found

2/11/2017

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In amongst our more usual finds each season - ceramic sherds, architectural pieces, rusted metals and fragments of glass ancient to modern, there is always something odd.  Something which doesn't quite fit.

Trench 17B this year provided the team with that "odd" object - a cassette tape in one of the upper layers, very close to one of the former farms used as a dig house in the early seasons of the excavations.

​Perhaps it was left there by one of the students in our first mid-1990s seasons.  After all, the walkman was still a popular form of entertainment then, long before digital music platforms.  

The archaeology of archaeology!
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UNE STudents STUDY BONES

1/11/2017

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In a first for the Paphos Theatre project, a team of students from the University of New England (UNE), led by Dr. Melanie Fillios, joined the project to study the animal bones recovered from the site.

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 examined the bone recovered from trenches situated at the top of the theatre seating, with a view toward contributing information regarding the function of the structure from which they were recovered.It was a steep learning curve for the Advanced Zooarchaeology students, but an unparalleled opportunity for all involved to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to the field. We all had a wonderful time, taking advantage of the unique opportunity afforded by  being on a working archaeological site. We look forward to many more of these seasons, and want to extend our sincere thanks to the project for extending this opportunity to us.

Dr Melanie Fillios
University of New England

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Up, Up AND away.....

1/11/2017

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Today for the first time in the history of the site, the architecture was recorded from above using a drone.

Despite the use of helicopters and balloons in the past to capture the site from the air, the use of a drone will provide us with stable aerial images.

We shall put some online as soon as they are processed; today despite some wind and bad weather, the flight of the drone went perfectly as can be seen in these photos from the ground!
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The 2017 SEASON TEam

31/10/2017

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VIRTUAL PAPHOS

22/10/2017

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In 2017 the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project is proud to announce its 3D virtual reality model of the Antonine (2nd century AD) phase of the theatre of Paphos made by our good friends at LithodomosVR, specialists in reconstructing the ancient world using exciting new technologies.

The 3D model is viewable through VR googles.

The model allows the viewer to explore a hypothetic reconstruction of the ancient theatre from three different view points; the upper cavea, the centre of the orchestra and the eastern side of the orchestra.  The immersive experience is a wonderful means to allow people to experience what the theatre would have been like during this dynamic period in the theatre's history.

The model is also a great example of our commitment towards public engagement with the archaeological process and the remarkable ancient theatre of Paphos.  It was a massive success in the recent exhibition Travellers from Australia.
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Stills from the model.
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The VR model being viewed both on site and as part of the exhibition Travellers from Australia in Paphos.
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THE CONVERSATION

22/10/2017

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The Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project is committed to sharing our results with the public.

In October Craig Barker and Diana Wood Conroy published a paper in The Conversation exploring the relationship between archaeology and contemporary visual arts and our artist program.

The paper 'Old sites, new visions: art and archaeology collide in Cyprus' can be read here.
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Rowan Conroy, Paphos Theatre Full Moon, April 2006.
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