‘There were no formal burial protocols. It was summer, and they had to be laid to rest’

Hours of bombing at Nicosia’s Athalassa hospital in July 1974 left a crater in the ground while a series of makeshift burials took place of those who had died, leading a team of investigators in 2017 to begin a search there for missing people.

Archaeologist Michalis Iacovides on Monday described to the Cyprus News Agency what he had seen during this operation....