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The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

Fresco (Panagia of Moutoulla Church)

The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

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""…

The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

Bronze Cauldron (Salamis 8th Century B.C.)

The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

Serene and content this old grandmother wiles away the hours stitching the white needle lace known as "Pipilla". She is sitting outside the gates of the garden entrance to her home in the village of Omodhos. During spring and early summer the cobbled…

Windsurfing at Paphos

Kyrenia (poem)
I Admired your looks and your dense hair
The sea mirrors your looks every day
The Mountain - your husband - is right to be jealous
Embracing you, he won’t let you go
For you’re the best of the daughters of…