This year’s excavations of the Department of Antiquities at Agios Sozomenos, under the supervision of the curator of antiquities, Dr Despina Pilides, assisted by the senior technician, Mary Chamberlain, lasted from May 13 until June 25, of this year and, for the first time, focused exclusively on the Nikolides plateau.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Communications and Works, announced the completion of the sixth season of
excavations in the framework of the Agios Sozomenos Excavations and Survey Project (ASESP) at the localities Ampelia and Nikolides,
under the direction of Despina Pilides, Curator of Antiquities.

This excavation season lasted from September 10 until October 26.

This year the aim was to further investigate the pithos storage house on the small hillock at Ampelia,
its extent and chronology as well as investigate the plan, chronology and nature of the monumental fortification at Nikolides.