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An Italian-Cypriot research team has uncovered the remains of a massive Bronze Age structure and a complex burial site during this summer’s excavations at the Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou settlement, Cyprus’ Department of Antiquities announced.
Led by Prof. Luca Bombardieri of the University of Siena, the group of archaeologists, specialists and students worked from July 28 to Aug. 22, focusing on both the hilltop settlement and its southern cemetery.
On the summit, researchers exposed the full outline of a central building measuring about 220 square meters, enclosed by thick perimeter walls. Inside, they found a large storage area packed with pithoi, oversized clay jars, and other ceramic containers, suggesting organized food or goods management in the Middle Bronze Age community.
Nearby, a domestic unit was fully excavated, adding to a residential quarter first identified in earlier seasons. A section of the ancient circuit wall was also traced in the area.
Excavations in the extramural cemetery revealed a multiple-burial program with associated offerings, shedding light on funerary practices in the community’s later phase.
The project, backed by the University of Siena, Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cyprus’ Department of Antiquities, continues a long-term collaboration aimed at reconstructing life and death in the island’s Bronze Age settlements.
