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[Antreis]

Extremely interesting articles although the Foxnews article last paragraph is quite wrong.
Thanks for posting.
A.

Oh yeah! Good observation! ... I skimmed by then.

What a terrible/inaccurate way to describe what actually happened!

I have send them an email concerning the last paragraph . I hope they correct it somehow.

"Dear Sir,

I read the article (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511099,00.html)

on the recent archeological discoveries in Cyprus which I found extremely well written and quite interesting .However ,I would like to make a correction on the last paragraph; the violence between the communities in Cyprus did not start after the Greek coup but rather Turkey invaded the island five days after and then and only then we ,the Cypriots, clashed as a consequence of the above action. Up to now there is no solid evidence that the coup was orchestrated to promote the union(enosis) of Cyprus with Greece but rather to topple the "troublesome" Makarios regime. "

[Stout]

British holidaymakers in Ayia Napa were less impressed. "I couldn't care less," said one Briton. "If you're looking for Atlantis, I'll tell you where it is. It's on the left before you get to Larnaca . . . the Atlantis Night Club Cabaret. But get there early if you want a seat - it gets quite full."

And that just about sums up the brits.

[kurupetos]

Extremely interesting articles although the Foxnews article last paragraph is quite wrong.
Thanks for posting.
A.

Blame the Americans for that, methinks they are trying to be neutral between right and wrong.

Anyway that's a different thread...

[Oracle]

Extremely interesting articles although the Foxnews article last paragraph is quite wrong.
Thanks for posting.
A.

Oh yeah! Good observation! ... I skimmed by then.

What a terrible/inaccurate way to describe what actually happened!

I have send them an email concerning the last paragraph . I hope they correct it somehow.

"Dear Sir,

I read the article (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511099,00.html)

on the recent archeological discoveries in Cyprus which I found extremely well written and quite interesting .However ,I would like to make a correction on the last paragraph; the violence between the communities in Cyprus did not start after the Greek coup but rather Turkey invaded the island five days after and then and only then we ,the Cypriots, clashed as a consequence of the above action. Up to now there is no solid evidence that the coup was orchestrated to promote the union(enosis) of Cyprus with Greece but rather to topple the "troublesome" Makarios regime. "

Excellent! Well done

I get the impression you are one of those 'do-ers' of life ....

[Antreis]

Extremely interesting articles although the Foxnews article last paragraph is quite wrong.
Thanks for posting.
A.

Blame the Americans for that, methinks they are trying to be neutral between right and wrong.

Anyway that's a different thread...

I DID NOT BLAME YOU , i hope you realized that . Actually, i did not want to create a fuss in this page about politics.
A.

[Get Real!]

Most ancient religious site in Cyprus

Don’t believe a word of it people!

Cyprus was a vacant wasteland until some brilliant people like Yialoussa, Alexis, Simon, etc, came by steamboat to Paphos and built all the Cypriot cities and placed incredibly intelligent Myceneans to live in them, and Alexander the Macedon was made the first Muhtar of Pahos!

Heil Hellenism!

[Simon]

I was waiting for GR to hijack this thread with his usual garbage.

GR, can you post one comment of mine where I stated that there was no sign of life on Cyprus before the Greeks arrived? Just one? In fact, I can provide you with the link right now where I stated the exact opposite. So stop misrepresenting my views and the views of others because you lost the argument and shut the hell up!

[Sotos]

Most ancient religious site in Cyprus

Don’t believe a word of it people!

Cyprus was a vacant wasteland until some brilliant people like Yialoussa, Alexis, Simon, etc, came by steamboat to Paphos and built all the Cypriot cities and placed incredibly intelligent Myceneans to live in them, and Alexander the Macedon was made the first Muhtar of Pahos!

Heil Hellenism!

Did you miss this GR? "A major earthquake destroyed the settlement in 1,850 B.C. " The Chirokitians also went extinct before that. I don't know if Cyprus was vacant when the Greeks first came but for sure it seems it was almost vacant at that time. Life was very hard back then. You needed more than one - two settlements to have a chance to survive for long. And the Greeks were the first to make many settlements in Cyprus. If one was destroyed the rest would keep going.

[Get Real!]

Did you miss this GR? "A major earthquake destroyed the settlement in 1,850 B.C. " The Chirokitians also went extinct before that. I don't know if Cyprus was vacant when the Greeks first came but for sure it seems it was almost vacant at that time. Life was very hard back then. You needed more than one - two settlements to have a chance to survive for long. And the Greeks were the first to make many settlements in Cyprus. If one was destroyed the rest would keep going.

Soritaki, leave Cypriot matters to unkie GR who knows better because you're as daft as your avatar...

What is “Civilization”?

“An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions. “

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/di ... vilization


From “The Cypriot font” by Peter Wilson…

“The Cypriot script was used in Cyprus for almost a thousand years, from about
1000–200 bc. Cypriot is a syllabary, where there is a sign for each syllable. There are 55 signs in the Cypriot syllabary. The script was used for record keeping, not for literary purposes. It was used in Cyprus until about the third century bc, although by this time few could read or write it. At this late date its use was principally for recording inscriptions on votive offerings and public works, and in many cases the Cypriot script was accompanied by a Greek alphabetic version of the same text.”

“Cypriot was used to write Greek centuries before the Greek alphabet was
invented. Perhaps surprisingly, Cypriot has no other relationship to the Greek
alphabet except that they can both be used to write the same language. There
is, however, a relationship between the Cypriot syllabary and the earlier Linear B
syllabary, which was principally used in Crete, as some of the signs are the same.”

http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub//tex-archi ... ypriot.pdf


The Cypriot script…

http://www.ancientscripts.com/cypriot.html

[Get Real!]

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