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Just as in previous Games, the Seoul Olympics experienced boycotts from North Korea who was very upset at not being considered a co -host, and then followed by Ethiopia and Cuba. Their non-participation did not have an adverse effect on the Games as…

Lieutenant Herbert Horatio Kitchener of the Royal Engineers arrived at Larnaca on September 13th 1878 with instructions from the Foreign Office in London to carry out a thorough triangulated survey of the Island on a scientific basis. This however…

This is the first refugee stamp which is not "Black on White" or "White on Black". (see the 1984 stamp). Its power of expression is noticeably reduced. The background colour has changed thus reducing its emotional intensity and the sensation that it…

Winter (Detail from Four Seasons, Mosaic 3rd Century A.D.)

Personification of Crete (Mosaic 4th Century A.D.)

Centaur and Maenad (Mosaic 4th Century A.D.)

Poseidon and Anymone (Mosaic 3rd Century A.D.)

Leda (Mosaic 4th Century A.D.)

Apollo, Zeus’ son by Leto was a seven-month child, but Gods grow up swiftly. Themis fed him on nectar and ambrosia, and when the fourth day dawned he called for bow and arrows with which Hephaestus at once provided him. Apollo had long been in love…

Hermes and Dionysus (Mosaic 4th Century A.D.)