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The design for these stamps is taken from a deep bowl of white painted ware with geometric designs where the trees and birds appear in the central panel. The bowl dating from c.1050-750 B.C. and discovered at Lapithos, Ayia Anastasia, is now in the…

The design for these stamps is taken from a deep bowl of white painted ware with geometric designs where the trees and birds appear in the central panel. The bowl dating from c.1050-750 B.C. and discovered at Lapithos, Ayia Anastasia, is now in the…

Cross from Pedoulas

During the Middle Ages, the Fulani people of the West African Savannah, used cowrie shells as a form of currency in exchange for gold and slaves, and until the recent past they were still used as change in the markets. Today Fulani and Wodaabe girls…

Cross from Lefkara

Purple Dye Murex ( Murex brandaris)

This Cross, one of the oldest preserved in the Orthodox Church, has a story to tell. Carved in 1476 by a wood-carver named Georgios Laskaris, it stands on a high base carved with 32 images from the Old Testament. The Cross itself has 12 illustrations…

The prosperity that the population has been enjoying these past two decades has been marred by the continually escalating number of road deaths and injuries, in spite of road safety campaigns and the daily viewing of horrendous accident scenes on…

Travelers visiting Cyprus in the 15th, 18th, and 19th centuries recalled how the land from Limassol to the Cape of Cats (Cape Gata) produced so many reptiles and snakes about two or three feet long whose bite was said to be mortal, that the…

The prosperity that the population has been enjoying these past two decades has been marred by the continually escalating number of road deaths and injuries, in spite of road safety campaigns and the daily viewing of horrendous accident scenes on…