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Mankind’s desire to express the joys of life, the mourning of loved ones or to gyrate in rituals and festivals brought about the invention of the very first musical instruments now lost in the distant reaches of time. In time, the instruments…

Τhe 34c stamp of the Europa issue illustrates a flute known as the “Pithkiavlin” in the Cypriot dialect. Archaeological excavations in Cyprus unearthed clay idols from the 7th and 6th centuries BC playing the flute and other instruments, thus…