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Of Interest on Sifnos...
 History of Sifnos
The History of Sifnos dates back to 3,000 BC. In early Bronze Age, settlers from Asia Minor came to the island and fused with earlier Neolithic occupants to develop what is known as the Early Cycladic culture. They worked in marble and stone and traded over sea...
Sifnos Pottery
It is not known when pottery began on the island though it is mentioned by Theophrastus in the third century B.C.. The oldest pottery found dates back to the eighth century B.C. and Pliny makes mention of Sifnos ceramics in the first century B.C....
365 Churches on Sifnos
Many of them celebrate the name day of their particular saint with a Panagiri, a service and feast with music, dancing and the singing of songs that one might not associate with a religious festival. In essense, they are get-togethers that can last until dawn
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Matt Barrett's Sifnos Monster
I've been coming to Sifnos since the late seventies. Back then Sifnos was primitive and totally undiscovered. There was no dock and the ferry would pull into the bay and be met by the fishermen who would take people back and forth in small boats...
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