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The story of this sailing ship, christened 'Kyrenia II', began when the original of which it is a replica set sail some 2,400 years ago, and on a fateful voyage sank off the coast of Kyrenia. It was not until 1965 that a diver accidentally came…

Every nation has its heroes. Their last but simple words must overflow with love of their country and freedom. In this way they contribute to the great European ideal of freedom and patriotism. In Cyprus we have many heroes just as all the Europeans.…

Common Roller

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in 1961 at the initiative of Josip Broz Tito, then President of Yugoslavia. It is an international organization with over 100 states as members who consider themselves as not formally aligned with any or…

Dr Constantinos Spyridakis was a man of letters. Born in Nicosia in 1903 he obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy in 1934 from the University of Berlin where he had also studied ancient history and the Classics. Before that he had studied philology at…

Conversion to Christianity of the Roman Proconsul Sergius Paulus

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 set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…

This set closed a chapter in the history of Cyprus stamps that did not portray the island's soul, traditions and values. It was a period where the ideal was everything British and more over that of the King or Queen. In the stamps of this period…

Whether copper gave its name to Cyprus or vice versa is a disputed point, but the fact remains that the discovery and exploitation of copper between 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. had both a great impact on trade and to a large extent an effect on Cypriot…