Human habitation of Cyprus dates back to the Paleolithic era. Cyprus's geographic position has caused Cyprus to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia.
Cypriot cult image. 'Red Polished Ware', 2100–2000 BC. Museum zu Allerheiligen
Khirokitia archeological site.
Red-polished ceramics from Enkomi, 1900–1725 BC. St. Barnabas Archaeological Museum, Salamis, Cyprus
Base ring vessel of Late Bronze Age
The Persian fallow deer is a deer species once native to all of the Middle East, but currently only living in Iran and Israel. It was reintroduced in Israel. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008. After a captive breeding program, the population has rebounded from only a handful of deer in the 1960s to over a thousand individuals.
Persian fallow deer
Deer buck
Persian fallow deer
Deer buck lying in the grass