The Department of Antiquities (Greek: Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων) is a government department of the Republic of Cyprus with responsibility for archaeological research and cultural heritage management. It was established in 1935 by the British colonial government. The department is headed by the Director of the Department of Antiquities, next in line is the position of the Director of the Cyprus Museum and following that, the Curator of Monuments. It has conducted excavations at Khoirokoitia, Kition, Amathus, Kourion, Paphos, Salamis, Enkomi and carried multiple rescue excavations all around the island. The Department publishes yearly the Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (RDAC) and the Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (ARDAC). In 1955 the Director Peter Megaw established an Archaeological Survey Branch and appointed Hector Catling as the head and Kyriacos Nicolaou as an Assistant and a number of technicians. The Branch was discontinued in 1974. The Department of Antiquities operates various archaeological sites such as Idalion, Kourion, Paphos Archaeological Park and museums like the Cyprus Museum, archaeological district museums of Paphos, Limassol, Kition and smaller local museums like the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion. Directors of the Department of Antiquities John Robert Hilton (1934-1935) Peter Megaw (1935-1960) Porphyrios Dikaios (1960-1963) Vassos Karageorghis (1963-1989) Athanasios Papageorgiou (1989-1991) Demos Christou (1991-1997) Sophocles Hadjisavvas Pavlos Flourentzos Maria Hadjicosti Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou (current) Curators of the Cyprus Museum Menelaos Markides (1912-1931) Porphyrios Dikaios (1931-1960) Vassos Karageorghis (1960-1963) Kyriakos Nicolaou (1964-1979) Despo Pilides (until 2021) Assistant Curators of the Cyprus Museum Porphyrios Dikaios (1929-1931) Vassos Karageorghis (1952-1960) Kyriakos Nicolaou (1961-1964) Curators of Monuments George H. Everett Jeffery Athanasios Papageorgiou (1962-1989) Maria Hadjicosti Giorgos Filotheou Giorgos Georgiou Inspectors of Antiquities Joan du Plat Taylor Rupert Gunnis Archaeological Survey Officers Hector Catling (1955-1959) Kyriakos Nicolaou Publications The Department publishes the Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus (RDAC) as well as the Annual Report of the Director of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus (ARDAC). The ARDAC for the years 2006-2009 can be accessed online. See also Department of Antiquities References External links Official website (English) Official website (Greek) Ministries established in 1935 Cyprus, Antiquities, Department of Archaeology of Cyprus