On 24-27 October 2012 a conference entitled Cult and Ritual on the Levantine Coast and Its Impact on the Eastern Mediterranean Realm will take place in Beirut. Further information is available at http://cultandritualinlebanon2012.com Papers of interest to Nestor readers will include:

G. Bourogiannis, "Aspects of Phoenician cult in the Early Iron Age Aegean: the case of the Dodecanese"

A. Caubet, "Faire la fête au Ier millénaire: le cas de Chypre"

M. H. Feldman, "Speaking Bowls: Early Iron Age Levantine Metal Bowls and the Ritualization of Inscribed Memory and Identity"

S. Fourrier, "Cultic lay-out and accessories in the Iron Age Bamboula sanctuary (Kition, Cyprus) and their relationship to Levantine counterparts"

C. Ioannou, "La présence religieuse des Phéniciens à Kition"

V. Karageorghis, "The use of 'cultic' vessels in Cyprus and the Levant during the LBA"

N. Kourou, "Phoenician funerary practices beyond the Homeland: Some examples from the Aegean"

H. Matthäus, "Phoenicians in the Aegean. Their impact on Greek art, religion and mythology"

M. Mikrakis, "Ritual imagery in the Lyre-Player Group of Seals: Cypro-Phoenician affinities"