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Week 16: 13–19 April 2026

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The week's story is a single object: the Idol of Pomos, a cross-shaped stone figure of about 3000 BCE that Cyprus has carried on its 1- and 2-euro coins since 2008.

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A pale green stone figure with outstretched arms, bent legs and a carved face, wearing a tiny figure of the same cross shape on its chest, standing in a museum case — The Idol of Pomos in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia: picrolite, 15.3 cm high.Es42, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · The week's issue →