Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA

16/01/2026

✨ Thank you for a wonderful evening ✨

Yesterday evening, Astrom Editions was delighted to welcome friends and colleagues to the SIMA apartment/office in Nicosia for an informal gathering celebrating our shared work and community.

The evening was our way of saying thank you to our Editorial Board, authors, supporters, colleagues, and friends, and of marking the achievements of 2025 while looking ahead with excitement to 2026!

🥂📚We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us and continues to support Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA. Your scholarship, collaboration, and friendship are at the heart of what we do!

Archaeological Research Unit, UCY - Ερευνητική Μονάδα Αρχαιολογίας, ΠΚ Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων Κύπρου/ Department of Antiquities Cyprus The Cyprus Institute

08/01/2026

📖 Book Presentation | Athens

We are pleased to share photos from the presentation of the book "The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered. A Quest for Gods and Territories" by Dr Giorgos Bourogiannis, published by Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA.

The event took place at the Swedish Institute at Athens on 14 November, and offered an engaging discussion on the book’s important contribution, thanks to the presentations by Prof. Nota Kourou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Prof. Giorgos Vavouranakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) and Dr Anna Lekka (Hellenic Ministry of Culture)

📸 Below are a few moments from the event.
We warmly thank the Swedish Institute at Athens, the presenters, and everyone who joined us for this special occasion.
https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=M158

27/11/2025

📢 New publication announcement!

📚 Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is pleased to announce that the fourth and final volume to arise from the almost decade-long Lapithos project by SIMA's Editor-in-Chief, Jennifer Webb, has now been published. This project and the four resulting volumes have transformed our understanding of Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, opening new perspectives on networks of exchange, social organisation and the communities that shaped the island’s prehistory.
✨ Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is delighted to have been involved in this significant contribution to Cypriot archaeology.

17/11/2025

🙌✨ Five reviews of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA volumes have just appeared in Cahiers du Centre d’Etudes Chypriotes 55 (2025)!

The books reviewed are the following:
➡️Bernard Knapp, Late Bronze Age Cyprus: A Reassessment of Settlement Structure and Society - by Teresa Bürge https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp/1991
➡️Teresa Bürge, Peter M. Fischer (eds.), The Decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond - by Artemis Georgiou https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp/2151
➡️Alan H. Simmons (ed.), From the Mountains to the Sea: Ais Giorkis, an Early Neolithic Hamlet in the Troodos Foothills of Western Cyprus - by Laerke Recht https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp/1915
➡️Ioannis Voskos, Dimitris Kloukinas, Eleni Mantzourani (éd.), Prehistoric Lifeways in Cyprus from the Early Holocene to the Middle Bronze Age - by Wael Abu-Azizeh https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp/1951
➡️George Papasavvas, Trench Warfare at Enkomi. Personalities, Politics and Science in Cypriot Archaeology - by Sabine Fourrier
https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp/2275

🎉 We congratulate the authors, editors and contributors on these excellent reviews of their work and thank the reviewers for their important contribution to our discipline.

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13/11/2025

Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is very pleased to announce that a presentation of Giorgos Bourigiannis' volume, The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered. A Quest for Gods and Territories (SIMA 158), will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens at 7pm on Friday November 14th.
All are welcome!
See the flyer for information on how to attend in person or online.

05/11/2025

This is a kind reminder that Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is offering a special discount on selected publications to participants of the international conference "From Clay to Cargo: Tracing Technological Traditions of Maritime Transport Containers in the Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean", held at the Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus.

⏰ The discount code will remain valid until Thursday, 6 November, at 20:00 (Cyprus time). Pre-ordered books can be collected from the venue during the conference. Participants are encouraged to take advantage of this offer before it expires.

🔗 Explore the SIMA catalogue and apply the code CTC2025 at checkout: https://shop.astromeditions.se/en/eng.html

31/10/2025

📚 Special Offer for participants in the "From Clay to Cargo Conference"!

In connection with the upcoming international workshop From Clay to Cargo (6–7 November 2025, University of Cyprus), organised by Compas - ERC Starting Grant, we are pleased to offer exclusive discounts on a selection of our titles.

🔹 The discount is only valid for books collected in person during the conference.
🔹 All titles must be pre-ordered through the SIMA website
👉https://shop.astromeditions.se/en/eng.html
🔹 Enter CTC2025 as a discount code when checking out

Browse the list of discounted books and prices below, pre-order online, and collect your copies during the two days of the conference!

25/10/2025

🌟 The launch of the Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA volume «Prehistoric Anatolia and Cyprus. Studies in Honour of Ian Todd» at CAARI last Thursday was a spendid occasion, attended by many of Ian's friends and colleagues. Ian was clearly as delighted to be there as we were to see him in Nicosia. SIMA is grateful to CAARI for hosting the event and for supporting the publication of the volume.

https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=M159

22/10/2025

❗Reminder! Special Launch Offer

📚 A reduced launch price of €30 is available for "Prehistoric Cyprus and Anatolia. Studies in Honour of Ian A. Todd (SIMA 159)".

Please note that this offer is valid until 6:00 p.m. on 22 October and applies only to copies collected at the official book launch at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI), Nicosia, on 23 October.

To apply the discount, please enter ‘TODD2025’ at checkout.

17/10/2025

📣 Stop Press!

We are delighted to announce that the volume "Prehistoric Cyprus and Anatolia. Studies in Honour of Ian A. Todd (SIMA 159)" will be officially launched at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia, on Thursday, 23 October, at 6:30 p.m.

❗To mark the occasion, SIMA is offering a special launch price of €30 for those attending the event.
💡 The discount is valid until 6:00 p.m. on 22 October and applies only to copies collected at the book launch.

📄 To access the discount, please enter 'TODD2025' at checkout. For further details, please see the flyer.

03/10/2025

Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is pleased to announce that Cathy Carigiet's volume "Prehistoric Bronze Age Cypriot Flasks. A Study of Regionalism and Individual Variation (SIMA PB 195)" has now been printed!
🏺🏺 It contains a fully illustrated catalogue of over 550 flasks and is a major contribution to the study of Bronze Age Cypriot ceramics!
The volume is available for purchase via the SIMA website 👉and is available for purchase via the SIMA website https://sima.astromeditions.com/ https://shop.astromeditions.se/en/spb/pb195.html

09/09/2025

✨ A milestone achievement!

We are delighted to announce that "Lapithos Vrysi tou Barba, Cyprus. Early and Middle Bronze Age Tombs Excavated in 1913. Tombs 48–50, 101–108, 201–205" by Jennifer Webb has just been sent to press! 🎉🎉

This richly illustrated volume is the fourth and final publication in the series on the Bronze Age tombs of Lapithos. With it, Jennifer Webb brings to completion an ambitious, decade-long project that has meticulously documented more than 60 tombs excavated on Cyprus’ north coast over a century ago.

Together, these volumes have transformed our understanding of Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, opening new perspectives on networks of exchange, social organisation and the communities that shaped the island’s history.

📚 We are thrilled to share this milestone and look forward to making this significant contribution to Cypriot archaeology available very soon!

For more information 👉 https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=M160