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Citium was the ancient name of the town of Larnaca were Zeno, the Greek philosopher was born. He founded the Stoic philosophy of Self-Control by Law, one of the five great philosophies of life. The other four being: the Epicurean, the Platonic, the…

During the Middle Ages, the Fulani people of the West African Savannah, used cowrie shells as a form of currency in exchange for gold and slaves, and until the recent past they were still used as change in the markets. Today Fulani and Wodaabe girls…

Wright Brothers and Wright Flyer

The Greek philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) considered education a lifelong affair. He used to profess that teachers should have statues erected in their honor ; for if one needed help at some time or other and someone helped one, then one would be…

Betty Ford, First Lady of the Unites States, addressing the International Women's Year Conference on 25th October 1975, believed that the best way to celebrate the year was to examine the very real problems women face today and not the progress of…

The first modern winery was built in 1893 in Limassol and by 1943 there were four major wineries supplying to the European and world markets. In the 1980s small wineries were established with a capacity of 50,000 to 300,000 bottles a year while the…

Wind Surfing at Paphos

Warrior (6th - 5th Century B.C.).

Vouni Palace

An old legend ascribes the founding of the monastery to an aged hermit called Neophytus. Expelled from Syria in the 12th Century, he came to Cyprus with his faithful disciple Ignatius and built a cell on mount Aoos. They sought and obtained Royal…