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Αutumn, the season from September’s equinox to December’s solstice, is when the leaves of deciduous trees begin to turn red, yellow and brown before falling and carpeting the ground below. The beauty of autumnal foliage is a sight to behold…

Τhe Mediterranean, encompassing the continents of Western Asia, North Africa and Southern Europe, and connected to the Atlantic Ocean, is almost completely enclosed.

For 10,000 years it has been instrumental in the rise and fall of civilizations…

Δominikos Theotokopoulos famously known as “El Greco” was born in 1541 in Candia, Crete. As a young icon painter
he left his native land c.1567 and travelled to Venice. There he adopted Catholicism and probably became a pupil of Titian. He…

Mankind’s desire to express the joys of life, the mourning of loved ones or to gyrate in rituals and festivals brought about the invention of the very first musical instruments now lost in the distant reaches of time. In time, the instruments…

Τhe 34c stamp of the Europa issue illustrates a flute known as the “Pithkiavlin” in the Cypriot dialect. Archaeological excavations in Cyprus unearthed clay idols from the 7th and 6th centuries BC playing the flute and other instruments, thus…

Τhe seasons occur as a result of the yearly revolution of the earth around the sun and the tilt of the earth’s axis relative to the plane of revolution.

The four seasons divide the year into quarters which are marked by changes not only in…

Ιt is said that in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, that there exists an olive tree from Christ’s time. This is not improbable since it is known that olive trees existed since antiquity and that olive oil was…

It is the passion of Hambis, the well known Cypriot engraver from the occupied village of Kontea, to spin the tales of the village, its sorrows, its beauty and its joys just like a weaver. He never drops a stitch and his ink is transformed into a…

Christmas is the most special time of the year for children. It is the time when Christmas stories are recited by the fireplace or enacted in pantomimes or nativity plays. It is a time of celebrations, of joys and anticipation as children await the…

The marine environment of the Mediterranean supports some 12,000 species of fauna and flora as well as other living
organisms. The sea anemone depicted on the 43c stamp belongs to the Anthozoa class and is a water dwelling predator animal named…