The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces the opening of the periodic exhibition FIVE. The exhibition will take place at the Cyprus Museum and will run from 31 March to 17 September 2023. The opening will take place on Friday 31 March 2023, at 6:30 pm, with free admission for all.
What was it like to live in the Cyprus of the past? What were people like, what were their occupations, what did they eat, what were their interests, did they play games or have time for entertainment? The exhibition FIVE adopts an anthropocentric approach so that visitors come "face to face" with the stories of people from antiquity. The results of specialized bioarchaeological analyses are transformed into narratives that (re)create moments from the life of the man from Souskios, the child with the diadem from Dromolaxia-Vyzakia, the man from Idalios, the woman from Omodos and the woman from Nicosia (Antigonus Street). Their experiences are presented through a creative museological narrative that combines technology, sound, image, archaeological interpretation and finds, making archaeological knowledge accessible and inviting visitors to rethink the way they think and learn about the past. The main exhibition is complemented by a separate area that functions as an annex and attempts to introduce the visitor to the basic principles of bioarchaeology, the study of ancient skeletal remains and all the information we can retrieve from them about the lives of ancient people.
The exhibition is organised by the Department of Antiquities in the framework of the project Face to Face. The FF:MAC project aims to increase the interest and accessibility of cultural heritage through the introduction of people of Cypriot antiquity on the basis of bio-archaeological research.
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