The programme includes the following work packages:
a.
The creation of a systematic catalogue
and the analysis of the historical data that constitute the historical
map of Cyprus during the periods referred to.
b.
The creation of a database of the epigraphic documents
including the Cypro-syllabic, Phoenician Greek, Latin and Arabic inscriptions
found in Cyprus or elsewhere but referring to Cyprus.
c.
The compilation of a numismatic catalogue and
archive with all coins minted in Cyprus in the given periods.
d.
The construction of a detailed catalogue
of all architectural monuments (public buildings, temples, churches, monasteries,
fortifications, aqueducts,
cemeteries) within their geographical and topographical
frame.
e.
The regional extension of the geographical
and topographical data on the basis of extensive surveys.
f.
The selection of all testimonia
from the Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Arabic and Hebrew narrative sources
and the creation of an interface of their data.
g.
Research and development of a network
multimedia application on Internet, based on the recent technological advances
(Java platform, multimedia object oriented database systems, distributed
web systems) for storing, retrieving and presentation of the catalogues
created by the programme.
h.
The creation of the digital
map of Cyprus in Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) to support the
database.