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The cigarette cards manufactured by the British tobacco companies in the first half of the century are regarded today as miniature gems of social history.

Nestled among the olive groves and greenhouses of the Messara Plain in Crete, Timbaki is a small, ‘functional’ town undergoing cultural changes as more tourists pass by.

The restoration of the Kosmas Politis house, which will serve as the new municipal building of Psychiko, brings a gratifying end to a long and close relationship between a Greek author and his wife and the family of an American diplomat

The picturesque islet with the Venetian Castle just off the fashionable resort of Elounda was one of the last leper colonies in Europe

When young Dimitrios Polymeris left Mount Pelion to seek his future abroad, his father exhorted him to become a great man. This he achieved when he returned 46 years later and devoted a fortune gained in America to bring prosperity to his village

Not only is the Nashville Parthenon more complete than the one in Athens, it now houses an ‘improved’ version of Phidias’ colossal chryselephantine cult statue of Athena reinforced with fiberglass

For men, the Golden Age was full of thrills and achievements, but for women it was mostly silence and wool-making.

This year the American Farm School is celebrating its 85th anniversary. It also marks the departure of Director Bruce Lansdale and his wife, Tad. During their devoted 35-year stewardship the School has become an agricultural institution of worldwide importance.

This month observes the sixteenth anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. An eyewitness account of the Women Walk Home event of last year vividly illustrates the continued resolve of the Cypriot people to find a solution to their misfortune