There is not much known about the early life and history of Koufonisia. What is sure, for excavations in Kato Koufonisi and on Keros islet, is that Koufonisia has been inhabited since the pre-historic times. What is known has been garnered from the tombs and other artifacts that have been found over a period of time. These artifacts have datelines from the Early Cyclades, the Roman and the Hellinistic periods.
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There was a lot of fighting between the Ottomans, the Venetians, the Moors and of course, the Byzantine Empire. They fought over the Cyclades and on Koufonisia, archeologists found traces of the existence of the Moors, and a stone with an Arabic inscription was found on Kato or Lower Koufonisia.
Wild pirates and water borne bandits traipsed around the Aegean ever since the Greek Persian wars and this is where the name Koufonisia or Koufonisi is found in the written language. 1824 saw an Amorgos resident |
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Druing World War II, since
the cyclades were not
considered big enough for
the warring countries to have
a garriosn stationed there, Koufonisia was unaware of
the ravages that the war left behind and their only indication was the German war plane that crashed near the summer port of present day.
They found the German
massacred bodies of the Italians washed up on the shores whom |
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