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The right to education is a fundamental human right. Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO, in an address ""Education for All,the Unfulfilled Promise"" said: ""To pursue the aim of education for all is therefore the obligation for States"".…

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…

Peristerona Church

Female Costume

Common Roller

English: Some of the most beautiful popular (or folk) poems are those in the Akritan Cycle and equally beautiful are the love songs from which are distinguished the songs entitled "A Hundred Words". These songs refer to the dialogue between a young…

Enigmas have a puzzling content but are often ambiguous so as to confuse and stimulate one's thoughts. The simpler ones resemble children's thinking, but the more intricate are the product of a very clever mind; it is also possible that they may be…

Here we have a 13th century two-sided icon of superb palaeologian art where one side depicts the Crucifixion and the other the Virgin Mary. The icon was displayed in the exhibition "Treasures of Cyprus" which was held in the Museum of Decorative Art…

The earliest forms of long distance communications without resorting to human messengers must have been the ""smoke signals"" of the American Indians and the ""talking drums"" of the African people. Mankind has come a long way since then. In our…

Zeno of Citium