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This is a list of islets, [1] islands, and rocks of the island of Cyprus [ 2 ] Ayios Georgios (Yeoryios, Nisída Agíou Georgíou), islet located in the Akamas peninsula, 35°04′29″N 32°20′03″E / 35.07472°N 32.33413°E / 35.07472; 32.33413 ( Nisída Agíou Georgíou
Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, and the 80th-largest island in the world by area. It is located south of the Anatolian Peninsula, yet it belongs to the Cyprus Arc. [1]
A toppled 4,000-year-old monolith was found at a “sacred site” on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Experts believe the new discovery at the Erimi archeological site offers the oldest sacred ...
This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...
Cyprus [f] (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
Worship of pre-Hellenic fertility deities in Cyprus began in the Neolithic period (6th millennium BCE). Paphos was the site of one of the oldest Mycenean settlements. In the 12th century BCE, they built a dedicated temple to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, who was born on the island, according to classical mythology.
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