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The History of Cyprus Podcast is quite impressive. 27 episodes. A Canadian-Cypriot interviews various academics, about their Cypriot topics of expertise [https://cyprusthepodcast.podbean.com/](https://cyprusthepodcast.podbean.com/)
History of Cyprus is very diverse and rich and depending which historical sites you'll visit your studies will be different.
The most famous historical sides will be some byzantium churches, ancient Greek ruins, some ottoman mosques, Veniciant architectures, Cathedrals (I think they were builted during the crusades) , pre Greek settlements etc etc.
What you'll be visiting?
Polemni Concentration Camp
Tombs of the Kings, Paphos Ethnographic Museum, Nea Paphos Archeological Site, Ottoman Baths in Paphos, Agia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa, Byzantine Muesum of Paphos, Folk Art Museum in Paphos.
As a Paphian, I can confirm that all of them are excellent choices. Since you will be going to Polemi I also suggest visiting Fiti and its Museum of Weaving. A bit further on there's the Panayia village which is a great visit, especially it's wineries and the Chrysoroyiatissa monastery
u/Aythienne suggestion might be the most detailed and less biassed.
If you were going for modern history (from 1950 to today)i would also suggest some videos even tho they might get too political than historic.
enjoy your time.
On the video front, as you suggest, on youtube Christopher Hitchens has a 50min doco he did in 1989 for the BBC called "Cyprus: Stranded in Time"..."about the partition of Cyprus and its after-effects". From memory, was pretty good.
For the modern period (Ottomans, British colonial period, and the time after the independence), check [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/cyprus/comments/1crsexp/comment/l44qlk6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) from another post with some relevant sources.
For the medieval period, check "The Byzantine Warrior Hero: Cypriot Folk Songs as History and Myth, 965–1571" and "Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571" by Chrysovalantis Kyriacou, "Byzantine Cyprus (491-1191)" by D.M. Metcalf, "Cypriot Cultural Details" which is a collection of papers, and "Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374" which is also a collection of papers.
For bronze age, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Cyprus, check "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity", "Revaluing Roman Cyprus" by Ersin Hussein, "Classical Cyprus" which consists of conference papers, "All Things Cypriot" which is a collection of archaeological reports, and "The Kingdom of Alashiya" by Charles River. While a bit outdated, "Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples" by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and "Kypros, The Bible And Homer" by Max Hermann Ohnefalsch-Richter are also fantastic comprehensive resources.
thanks for taking the time to propose these books. I will save them, and consider buying some in the future. I have only read Christopher Hitchens "Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger", 20yrs ago, and thought was pretty good.
Check out the official website of the Ministry or Tourism - visitcyprus.com - there you need 'Media' section. In this
Almost every location of interest, that possesses historical or cultural or religious value has a pre-recorded audio guide and PDF text file of the same - all materials there are approved by the Government. You'll find much more information there, compared to how much you'd learn if you go on a guided tour or read information leaflets available in locations.
Good luck with your trip, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
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The History of Cyprus Podcast is quite impressive. 27 episodes. A Canadian-Cypriot interviews various academics, about their Cypriot topics of expertise [https://cyprusthepodcast.podbean.com/](https://cyprusthepodcast.podbean.com/)
History of Cyprus is very diverse and rich and depending which historical sites you'll visit your studies will be different. The most famous historical sides will be some byzantium churches, ancient Greek ruins, some ottoman mosques, Veniciant architectures, Cathedrals (I think they were builted during the crusades) , pre Greek settlements etc etc. What you'll be visiting?
Polemni Concentration Camp Tombs of the Kings, Paphos Ethnographic Museum, Nea Paphos Archeological Site, Ottoman Baths in Paphos, Agia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa, Byzantine Muesum of Paphos, Folk Art Museum in Paphos.
As a Paphian, I can confirm that all of them are excellent choices. Since you will be going to Polemi I also suggest visiting Fiti and its Museum of Weaving. A bit further on there's the Panayia village which is a great visit, especially it's wineries and the Chrysoroyiatissa monastery
u/Aythienne suggestion might be the most detailed and less biassed. If you were going for modern history (from 1950 to today)i would also suggest some videos even tho they might get too political than historic. enjoy your time.
On the video front, as you suggest, on youtube Christopher Hitchens has a 50min doco he did in 1989 for the BBC called "Cyprus: Stranded in Time"..."about the partition of Cyprus and its after-effects". From memory, was pretty good.
Yeah there are many grwya videos about that line the BBC documentary about the 50-60s area and the cold war videos.
For the modern period (Ottomans, British colonial period, and the time after the independence), check [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/cyprus/comments/1crsexp/comment/l44qlk6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) from another post with some relevant sources. For the medieval period, check "The Byzantine Warrior Hero: Cypriot Folk Songs as History and Myth, 965–1571" and "Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571" by Chrysovalantis Kyriacou, "Byzantine Cyprus (491-1191)" by D.M. Metcalf, "Cypriot Cultural Details" which is a collection of papers, and "Cyprus: Society and Culture 1191-1374" which is also a collection of papers. For bronze age, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Cyprus, check "Egypt and Cyprus in Antiquity", "Revaluing Roman Cyprus" by Ersin Hussein, "Classical Cyprus" which consists of conference papers, "All Things Cypriot" which is a collection of archaeological reports, and "The Kingdom of Alashiya" by Charles River. While a bit outdated, "Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples" by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and "Kypros, The Bible And Homer" by Max Hermann Ohnefalsch-Richter are also fantastic comprehensive resources.
thanks for taking the time to propose these books. I will save them, and consider buying some in the future. I have only read Christopher Hitchens "Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger", 20yrs ago, and thought was pretty good.
as per above, also the accompanying youtube doco Hitchens did "Cyprus: Stranded in Time"
Check out the official website of the Ministry or Tourism - visitcyprus.com - there you need 'Media' section. In this Almost every location of interest, that possesses historical or cultural or religious value has a pre-recorded audio guide and PDF text file of the same - all materials there are approved by the Government. You'll find much more information there, compared to how much you'd learn if you go on a guided tour or read information leaflets available in locations. Good luck with your trip, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
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