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Power Generating Plant

The copper ingot depicted on this stamp was a standard monetary unit before the invention of coinage. Excavated at Engomi and dated between 1400-1250 B.C. it is today in the Cyprus Museum,in Nicosia. Strabo, in his Geographica completed in Rome c.23…

This is one of the two Christmas issues where the designer's presentation is modern and is not based on existing works of great religious worth or meaning.The set covers the holiday periods, which include Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Day. The 15…

The mosaics of the "House of Dionysos" in Paphos, whence this detail depicting Icarius and the drinkers comes from, are incredible to behold and date back to the early 3rd century A.D. when Paphos under the Romans was the capital of Cyprus. According…

First Commonwealth Movie and Television Festival

Human Rights Emblem and Map of Europe

Embroidery and needlework have been a universally known and appreciated for m of Folk Art since ancient times and many antique examples worked in cotton, linen and/ or silk can be found in museums around the world. In Cyprus both for ms of art are…

The Church of the Virgin Mary of Podithou, whence this wall painting derives, is in the village of Galata and dates from 1502 A.D. The Church belonged to a monastery. When the Russian traveller Basil Basky visited the Church in 1735 the monastery was…

Moufflon

The earliest maps of Cyprus were in manuscript form and belong to the Lusignan and Venetian periods in the history of the island. One very rare map from this period depicts the walls of Nicosia during Lusignan rule. Although the first printed map of…