Nicosia International Airport was abandoned in 1974 due to conflict in Cyprus. It was once the Mediterranean island's main airport, but it's been untouched for almost 50 years. Nature has overtaken ...

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 ...

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 ...

"This airport has been closed since 1974, when we saw some of the most heaviest fighting between the sides, and it was in 1974 that the United Nations force commander at the time declared the area ...

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. Nearby, shafts of ...

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 ...

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 ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Saturday toughened COVID-19 screening for all travelers from the U.K. over age 12, including requiring them to quarantine until results are in from a lab test ...