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From the very early days of Christianity, Orthodox believers displayed a very special reverence to the relics of saints and martyrs. The Holy Cross had a permanent place among such relics and in the history of Cyprus one reads about Saint Helena who…

From the very early days of Christianity, Orthodox believers displayed a very special reverence to the relics of saints and martyrs. The Holy Cross had a permanent place among such relics and in the history of Cyprus one reads about Saint Helena who…

This stamp depicts the hearth room excavated at Alassa Paliotaverna, a late Cypriot Site (1400-1150 B.C.) near the old village of Alassa in the upper Kouris River valley, above the modern artificial lake created by the Kouris Dam. (See also the 20…

Hypostyle Hall-Mycaenean Amphor Kalavasos-Agios Dimitrios 1400-1190 B.C.

Here we have a view of the Dhiarizos river meaning two roots, which flows for 26 miles from the Troodos mountains through the picturesque valleys of the Paphos district reaching its estuary in the Kouklia area of Paleopaphos. The government with its…

On 1st April 1955, the inhabitants of Nicosia were awakened by the bewildering sounds of explosions, which soon turned out to be the first shots in an armed struggle against colonialism. This monument known as the "Statue of Liberty" erected on the…

In the early Byzantine period gold and silversmiths devoted much of their time to producing crosses, chalices, icons and other liturgical items. However as prosperity grew the demand for jewellery for personal adornment gave the craftsmen new…

Akaki River.

In the early Byzantine period gold and silversmiths devoted much of their time to producing crosses, chalices, icons and other liturgical items. However as prosperity grew the demand for jewellery for personal adornment gave the craftsmen new…

In the early Byzantine period gold and silversmiths devoted much of their time to producing crosses, chalices, icons and other liturgical items. However as prosperity grew the demand for jewellery for personal adornment gave the craftsmen new…