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  1. Ermou Street 2017

    Ermou Street within the ancient walls of eastern Nicosia. In the mid-1900s, this was a thriving shopping area. Now, this stretch o…

  2. Nicosia Barrier

    The wall from the northern side in the western part of Nicosia within the ancient city walls (map coordinates are inaccurate here)…

  3. Kyrenia Town Office

    Kyrenia is an ancient port town located on the north coast. The town was reportedly founded before 1,000 BCE by Greeks from the Pe…

  4. Kyrenia Harbor - 1960

    When I left Cyprus in 1960, Kyrenia harbor was still a sleepy working port - small fishing boats, Andreas Kariolou's scuba and div…

  5. Kyrenia Harbor 1988

    By 1988, Kyrenia Harbor had changed - larger boats had appeared, but the fishing boats were still there. A couple of restaurants d…

  6. Kyrenia Harbor - 2012

    By 2012, the harbor is beginning to really fill up with pleasure boats, some fairly large. There are fewer working fishing boats,…

  7. Turish Cypriot- Kyrenia 1960

    This man, probably a Turkish Cypriot posed for me beside our house in 1960. Down this street, about 100 yards, was the Turkish Qu…

  8. Kyrenia - 1960

    In 1960, grazing sheep in the open plots of land were a common sight in Kyrenia, as in this field adjacent to our house. The tre…

  9. To the Other Side - 1960

    The main road from Kyrenia south to Nicosia as through the pass in the Pentadacytos Mountain range. This field, in front of our ho…

  10. Which Flag is It?

    Three flags fly in front of the Archbishop's Palace in Nicosia - from lef to right, the flag of the Republic of Cyprus, a flag rep…

  11. Easter Banners

    Again, banners representing the flags of Cyprus, Greece, and the Church, here at the entrance to a small church in the Nicosia sub…

  12. Kites not Warplanes

    Sentiments against conflict can be seen on both sides of the buffer zone, some times, in the form of imaginative graffiti. This,…

  13. The English School - Nicosia

    With an adult literacy rate (2015) of just over 99 percent, education is an important part of Cypriot life. The English School wa…

  14. The Balloon Lady

    Who are the Cypriots? The people of Cyprus ultimately have come from all over the Eastern Mediterranean as well as Europe and to…

  15. Easter

    Easter is a significant holiday in the Greek Orthodox tradition, and associated celebrations include both church attendance, somet…

  16. The Cat

    In Cyprus, both North and South, as well as throughout the Mediterranean, cats are ubiquitous. Archaeologists have reported findin…

  17. Hala Sultan Tekke

    The Mosque of Umm Haram (Turkish: Hala Sultan Tekkesi) is a Muslim shrine in southern Cyprus, in the Greek zone, near the town of…

  18. Tavern in Kakopetria, Troodos Mountains

    The Greek flag is more evident in this tavern in the mountains south of Nicosia, in an areas near where the EOKA resistance fighte…

  19. The Donkey at Work

    Taken in 1988 near the Village of Lefkara in the south, this was a typical scene throughout Cyprus 50 years ago.

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