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Once upon a time, the crab and the fox decided to sow in partnership all the fields of Athalassa. When the time came to reap, they went to the fields and as soon as they began reaping the fox raised such a howl that the crab was terrified. What is…

Painted Comper

This stamp depicts a Greco -Roman statue of "Bathing Aphrodite" which was found at Soloi and is now in the Cyprus Museum. Aphrodite was the adopted daughter of Zeus. In Roman, Phoenician and Ar menian mythologies she was Venus, Astarte and Anahid…

According to legend, Aphrodite, one of the twelve Olympian Gods, Goddess of love, beauty and fertility was born of the sea-foam on the shores of Paphos. The stamp depicts the birth of Aphrodite by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.…

Since times immemorial men and women have used beads and jewellery to adorn themselves and to express social standing as well as religious beliefs. In all cultures beads and jewellery were not only traded but kept as movable assets especially in…

The British journalist John Fielding of Thames TV together with his colleague Martin Smith were in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to shoot a film for the IT V program " This week tonight". As they were being officially escorted ever y where,…

All the illustrated stamps are from the collection of original watercolors of Cypriot flora by E.Megaw and D. Meilke, which they donated to the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. The six stamps depicted in this issue form part of the forty donated…

In the square of the Archbishopric, Archbishop Kyprianos founded a school in 1812, which he dedicated to the Holy Virgin. The first high school on the island, the Pancyprian Gymnasium was founded there in 1893. The gymnasium, which still operates…

As European Capital of Culture for 2017, Paphos will present 152 works and organise more than 300 activities and events in Paphos, Cyprus and Europe. The main basis of the Programme is the Open Air Cultural Factory, which includes a number of…

Cypriot women's costumes are of two kinds. The "saiyia", a long sleeved unwaisted mantle open at the front from top to bottom and cut with gussets in front and at the sides, distinguishes the first, in two variants. The second is noted for the…