The oldest archaeological evidence of the domestication of the cat dates back 9,500 years. The bones of a cat were discovered in the neolithic village of Shillourokambos on Cyprus. The position of the cat in the ground was next to the bones of a human, whose similar state of preservation strongly suggests they were buried together. The discovery was made by French scientists, led by Professor Jean Guilaine of the CNRS Centre d’Anthropologie in Toulouse, France, and announced in the journal Science in April 2004.
The largest Hasapiko dance consisted of 749 dancers and was achieved by Larnaca Municipality (Cyprus) at Europe Square, Larnaca, Cyprus, on 12 December 2010. Hasapiko is a traditional Greek dance. The name comes from the word ‘butcher’ as it was said to be a dance of the members of the butchers’ guild during Byzantine times. All the participants dressed in white shirt and black trousers and danced to the popular Greek song ‘Frankosyriani’ for five minutes.
The largest key is 5.50 metres (18 ft) tall and 2.60 metres (8 ft 6 in) wide and was produced by Georgiou Evagoras (Cyprus). It was presented and measured in Yermasoyia, Limassol, Cyprus on 20 September 2006.
The largest skewer of kebab meat weighed 4,022 kg (8,866 lb 15 oz) and was achieved by Zith Catering Equipment LTD and the Municipality of Pafos (both Cyprus) in Pafos, Cyprus, on 31 December 2008.
The longest saliva stone is 37 mm (1.45 in) and was removed from a 43-year-old male patient by Doctor Kyprianos Kakouris at the Evangelistria Medical Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 20 November 2006. The saliva stone weighed 3.597g and had a width of 9.7 mm. It was removed from the patient’s left submandibular salivary gland.
Commandaria, the sweet dessert wine from Cyprus, is the oldest manufactured wine in the world, its origins traced as far back as 2000 BC. This wine also holds the record for the oldest "Appelation d’origine". In the year 1223, King Phillipe of France called it "The Apostle of wines" and it soon became famous all over Europe as "Commandaria", taking the name of the area where it was produced. This part of Cyprus took its name at the time of the Crusades, when in 1210
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