The Antiquities Department is introducing the new research program “Digitizing the Museums of Cyprus” with the aim to digitize the island`s cultural heritage. The program was unveiled Friday during a press conference by Minister of Transport Yiannis Karousos who said that so far 20,217 ancient findings, 3,573 surveyed areas and 1,595 ancient monuments of Cyprus have been digitized in the framework of the “Cyprus Archaeological Digitization Program” (CADiP) between October 2009 and April 2011.
The new program is funded by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA) and Norway Grants (Programming Period 2014–2021) and has been undertaken by the Department of Antiquities.
Source: Cyprus News Agency