This page provides information about the various activities and events related to the PROMISED project.
We are delighted to present the Handbook “Field Sampling for Laboratory Analysis”. This is a product of the Horizon 2020 Twinning project, Promised: Promoting Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean, (Grant Agreement 811068), a joint project between the Cyprus Institute and the Universities of Leuven and Cambridge. We hope that it will become an essential guide for students and field archaeologists in our region and beyond! We would like to thank Patrick Degryse, Cyprian Broodbank, and Marcos Martinón-Torres, our partners in crime that helped Promised to be successful! This Handbook is dedicated to Myrto Georgakopoulou, an invaluable colleague and a dear friend, who dedicated her life to promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Click here to download the PDF.
Laboratory Directors of EMME Meeting II | 27 July 2022
On Wednesday, the 27th July, the second Meeting of the Directors and key personnel of the Laboratories of EMME which focus on Archaeological Science was held at The Cyprus Institute, to exchange ideas and discuss future collaborations, as part of the European Union funded Twinning Project Read more...
PROMISED Summer School 2022 | 17 - 23 July 2022
The Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC) and the Graduate School of the Cyprus Institute successfully organised for the third time an intensive one-week Archaeological Science Summer School “Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: Current work on Organic and Inorganic Materials” (17th-23rd July 2022), led by Dr Evi Margaritis. Read more...
Workshops for the Department of Antiquities | 06 & 07 June 2022
As part of Promised two Workshops took place on June 6th and 7th 2022, at Nicosia and Limassol respectively, for the archaeologists and conservators of the Department of Antiquities. The workshop titled “Archaeological Science Methods in the Field and in the Laboratory: What, How, and Why”, aimed at sharing knowledge and methods from the fileds of archaeobotany, archaeozoology and human osteology Read more...
Laboratory Directors of EMME Meeting | 18 March 2022
On the 18th of March 2022, the first meeting among the Laboratory Directors of EMME was held to exchange ideas about infrastructure and future synergies, as part of the European Union funded Twinning Project Promised (H2020, Grant No 811068). Read more...
CyI hosts 3rd International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 3) | 14 - 18 March 2022
The 3rd International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 3) took place at CyI’s premises between 14-18 March 2022, and was co-organised by the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC), the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) and the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU) of the University of Cyprus, and was supported by the Department of Antiquities and the Leventis Foundation. The Congress brought together more than 120 membersRead more...
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nt Professor Efthymia Nikita Awarded the Largest History Prize in the World | 01 March 2022
Dr Efthymia Nikita was awarded a Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, in recognition of her outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history. Dr Nikita was selected as a winner of the 2022 prize,Read more...
Beyond Ritual at Keros: ‘’Domesticity’’ and the quotidian in the Early Bronze Age Aegean’ | 03 March 2021
STARC Assistant Professor and Promised project WP4 leader, Assistant Professor Evi Margaritis will deliver the talk “Beyond Ritual at Keros: ‘’Domesticity’’ and the quotidian in the Early Bronze Age Aegean’” Read more...
STARC PhD students chair CASA session | 27 November 2020
STARC PhD students Meghna Desai and Mahmoud Mardini chaired a session entitled "Archaeological Sciences: Using Diversified Science Methods in Archaeology at the "CASA" Cambridge Conference. CASA, the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference, has been organised annually since 2017, and this year runs over four days with 8 thematic sessions and more than 100 presentations. Read more...
Promised participates at Virtual Researchers' Night 2020 | 27 November 2020
The Cyprus Institute had an inspiring presence at the “Researcher’s Night 2020” event, organised virtually for the first time, on Friday, 27th of November 2020. The event is an initiative of the European Commission and organized by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), and is held annually to promote the importance of research, technology, and innovation. It takes place at the same time in 371 cities across Europe and beyond. Read more...
“Methods of Archaeological Sciences in the field and in the laboratory: What, How and Why?” | 12 - 13 October 2020
STARC in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus has successfully organized a two-day online workshop entitled: “Methods of Archaeological Sciences in the field and in the laboratory: What, How and Why?” on Monday, 12th and Tuesday, 13th of October 2020 at The Cyprus Institutes’ premises in Aglantzia. Read more...
“The Enigma of Keros" World Premier | 20 July 2020
STARC - Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center of The Cyprus Institute Asst. Professor Evi Margaritis and Research Affiliate Dr Michael Boyd present their work on the Early Bronze Age archaeological project on Keros. Read more...
Pre-screening of the Keros/Daskalio excavation documentary | 5 March 2020
Dr Margaritis, Assistant Director of the Cambridge Keros Project, joined the Directors of the project Professor Renfrew and Dr Michael Boyd from the University of Cambridge, at the Q & A session of the pre-screening event of the National Geographic documentary of the Keros/Daskalio excavation. Read more...
ICASEMME 2 Conference | 12 - 14 November 2019
CyI hosts 2nd International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 2). The Congress brought together more than 150 leading members of the international scientific community of archaeologists. Read more...
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ROMISED Summer School 2019 | 21 - 27 July 2019
STARC of the Cyprus Institute, in collaboration with CAARI, organised an intensive one-week Archaeological Science Summer School “From Natural Resources to Material Culture: Transdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeological Science” 21-27 July, 2019. Read more...
PROMISED Launch Event | Wednesday, 21 November 2018
The Cyprus Institute formally launched the project Promised: Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean. Promised is funded by a H2020 ‘Twinning’ grant and aims at establishing a strong partnership between STARC , and two international leaders in Archaeological Sciences, KU Leuven in Belgium and the University of Cambridge in the UK. Read more...
PROMISED kick-off | Tuesday, 11 September 2018
On the 11st of September 2018, PROMISED project partners met at University of Leiden for the project's kick-off. Read more...
