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King George V

This stamp depicts a gold necklace with an agate pendant from the sanctuary of Aphrodite, in Arsos, from the Archaic Period, early 6th century B.C., now in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia. This is a beautiful example of the high quality work that Cypriot…

Α proverb is an intellectual creation the origins of which disappear in the mists of time. Many belong to another age but have survived to this day. It is known that even the most primitive of people have their proverbs. From these we can detect…

Α proverb is an intellectual creation the origins of which disappear in the mists of time. Many belong to another age but have survived to this day. It is known that even the most primitive of people have their proverbs. From these we can detect…

Α proverb is an intellectual creation the origins of which disappear in the mists of time. Many belong to another age but have survived to this day. It is known that even the most primitive of people have their proverbs. From these we can detect…

To the question "How would you react if after a solution you cannot return to your home, though some would probably return", put to the refugees in 1975 in a survey carried out by Takis Evdokas, they replied as follows: 17.0% I will fight those who…

The British journalist John Fielding of Thames TV together with his colleague Martin Smith were in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to shoot a film for the TV program " This week tonight". As they were being officially escorted ever y where, they…

Monastic Gospel books with intricate and beautiful illuminations provided craftsmen in the Middle Ages an opportunity to produce some of the most magnificent works of art. Gold and silversmiths of Cyprus who confined their work mainly on the…

Monastic Gospel books with intricate and beautiful illuminations provided craftsmen in the Middle Ages an opportunity to produce some of the most magnificent works of art. Gold and silversmiths of Cyprus who confined their work mainly on the…

When in 1840 Sir Rowland Hill invented the first postage stamp in the world, little did he know that stamp collecting would become a great universal hobby. In time it became known as the "King of hobbies and a hobby of Kings". King George V was an…