A large passenger jet sits silent and still on the edge of a sun-beaten track. It won't fly again -- its engines have been stripped down, its wings wrecked and weathered by time. A large passenger jet ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In August 1974, the UN established a buffer dividing the island of Cyprus ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus. It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the ...

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and bαhçές histories of Cyprus, inspired by the Cyprus Insula exhibition, invites families to participate in an interactive journey exploring historic photos and ...

Haunting photographs have revealed the inside of an abandoned airport that has sat empty for almost 50 years – with terminals and aircraft left to decay. Nicosia International Airport, formerly Cyprus ...

These eerie pictures reveal the inside of an abandoned airport that has gone untouched for 50 years. Just shy of 10km west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia, Nicosia International ceased its ...

The buffer zone was hastily evacuated during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. For the past five decades, it has remained mostly uninhabited. Read on for a visual tour of the zone that's ...

Flags of Turkey and breakaway North Cyprus hang on the facade of the new terminal for its inauguration - Copyright AFP Birol BEBEK Flags of Turkey and breakaway North ...