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Fresco (Panagia of Arakas Church)

Fresco (Panagia of Moutoulla Church)

Here we have a young shepherd playing an ordinary reed-pipe and wearing an unusual cap reminiscent of the ancient Greek traveler ’s hat, known as the petasos. This picture is but a small section from the 14th century fresco "" The Birth of Christ""…

Funerary Stele - Marion (5th Century B.C.)

Funerary Stele - Marion (5th Century B.C.)

The illustration on this stamp is that of a limestone gravestone following Greek models. It has an inscription in the Cypriot syllabic script naming the deceased "Aristila". Excavated at Marion it is dated c.420 B.C. from the Classical Period. A…

Thimayya’s World War II record as a Company Commander, Battalion Commander and officiating Brigade Commander came to the fore in operations against the tenacious Japanese in Burma. His soldierly skills can best be summed up in the citation for the…

George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22nd 1732. During the War of Independence he was Commanderin- Chief of the Continental Army and from 1787 to 1788 he was Chair man of the Constitutional Convention. In 1789 he…

Georgios Philippou Pierides was born in 1904 in Dhali and died in 1999 in Nicosia. He is considered to be one of the most significant Cypriot writers with a special contribution to the novel, short story and literary essays. He started his literary…

In 1970, Cyprus took part in the European Conservation Year the aims of which were to agree on policies, which will help conserve and improve the quality of the environment and adopt the measures necessary to implement them. Cyprus is endowed with a…