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Agios Georgios Museum
Of possible interest to buffs of recent Cypriot history is this rather bizarre and nationalistic Agios Georgios Museum located on the spot where the caïque Agios Georgios (now the museum's prime exhibit), captained by EOKA rebel Georgios Grivas, landed in November 1954 with a large supply of arms and munitions to start the uprising against British colonial rule.
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Archaeological Museum
This small Archaeological Museum houses a varied and extensive collection of artefacts from eras ranging from the Neolithic period to the 18th century. Displayed in four rooms, the collection includes jars, pottery and glassware, tools, coins and coin moulds. Hellenistic and Roman artefacts include a limestone grave stele, marble statuettes, votive objects, pottery from the House of Dionysus and terracotta figures of dogs and stags.
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Byzantine Museum
This noteworthy museum is south of the main square in Ktima. It is worth visiting for its collection of icons from the 13th and 14th centuries, ecclesiastical vestments, vessels, documents and copies of scriptures. The collection contains a 9th-century icon of Agia Marina, thought to be the oldest icon on the island, and an unusual double-sided icon from Filousa dating from the 13th century.
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Ethnographical Museum
The privately owned and maintained Ethnographical Museum houses a varied collection of coins, traditional costumes, kitchen utensils, Chalcolithic axe heads, amphorae and other assorted items. There is more of the same in the garden, including a Hellenistic rock-cut tomb. The guidebook available at the entrance will help you sort out the seemingly jumbled collection.
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