The Commissioner of the Presidency Marios Hartsiotis visited excavations in the occupied areas for the identification of missing persons' remains and expressed his gratitude to the teams for their tireless efforts in establishing their fate. #Κυπριακό #Αγνοούμενοι #Ανασκαφές (translated)
FLORENTIA argued that archaeological findings indicated the movement of Minoans beyond the Aegean, to the highlands of Anatolia. She compared Minoan Civilization with the Kingdom of Urartu, which she placed in the 9th to 7th century BC, and mentioned similarities in economy, technology, and worship. Referring to excavations, among others at Garibin Tepe, she said that Urartian ritual vessels, containers, and rhyta exhibited similarities with the Minoan ones. She added that the bull had a central symbolic role in both cultures and associated Minoan worship with the worship of the Urartian god Haldi. FLORENTIA also mentioned that both societies possessed palatial or fortified structures under the control of a priestly or royal elite, while public rituals were part of daily life. She also presented as common elements the central control of goods such as wheat, wine, and oil, as well as the use of clay seals. In the management of water, she compared the Minoan networks with the Menawa Canal, which she stated was 30 miles long, and with the rock-cut reservoirs of Urartu. Finally, she compared the collapse of Minoan centers and the disappearance of Linear A with the burning of Urartian fortifications and the loss of cuneiform writing. She suggested the possibility that the Urartians maintained elements of an older Aegean tradition of mysteries and techniques, rather than being influenced solely by the Assyrians, and announced that she would return with more details. #Αρχαιολογία #ΜινωικόςΠολιτισμός #ΟυραρτικόςΠολιτισμός (translated)
Εντοπίστηκαν οστά τριών ατόμων σε τρεις νέες ανασκαφές της ΔΕΑ, ενώ συνεχίζεται η προσπάθεια για τη διακρίβωση της τύχης των αγνοουμένων στην Κύπρο. #Αγνοούμενοι #ΔΕΑ #Κυπριακό
Ο Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας Νίκος Χριστοδουλίδης ανακοίνωσε την πρόθεση του να θέσει θέμα ανασκαφών σε στρατιωτικές περιοχές για την ανακάλυψη αγνοουμένων κατά τη διάρκεια κοινής συνάντησης με τον ΓΓ του ΟΗΕ και τον Τουρκοκύπριο ηγέτη, εκφράζοντας την ελπίδα για θετική ανταπόκριση. #Αγνοούμενοι #Κυπριακό #Ανασκαφές
Σε διαδικασία ταυτοποίησης βρίσκονται πέντε νέα άτομα από τα ευρήματα των ανασκαφών στη ΔΕΑ, με ανασκαφές να προγραμματίζονται να συνεχιστούν σε διάφορες περιοχές της Κύπρου μετά τις 2 Ιουνίου. #Κυπριακό #ΔΕΑ #Αγνοούμενοι
