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Amphora (6th Century B.C.)

In Greek mythology some argue that Eros, hatched from the world-egg, was the first of the gods since, without him, none of the rest could have been born; they made him coeval (having the same age) with Mother-Earth and Tartarus, and denied that he…

Ionian Helmet (Archaic Period 750-475 B.C)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was born in Genoa, Italy, but there is no evidence that he was Italian. From an early age he frequented seafarers, astronomers, geographers, and scientists in the city of Lisbon where keen debates took place with…

Cow - Bronze Statue (5th Century B.C.)

Platinum Alabaster Spoon Handle (Hellenistic
Period 350-325B.C.).

Virgin and Child (Church of Agios Nicolaos tis Stegis).

Virgin and Child Enthroned (Church of Panagia tou Araka).

Edmond Halley (1656-1742), astronomer and mathematician was born in London, England. He studied at Oxford but left without taking a degree to undertake cataloging the stars of the southern hemisphere. He published his cataloger in 1687 and was…

The fresco depicted on this stamp is from the Church of the Holy Cross in the village of Pelendri. The original church dates from the 12th century with extensions to the North added in the 14th century and to the South most likely in the 16th…