Returned items reflect struggle to recover cultural heritage
A 50-year struggle to see stolen antiquities returned to the island has finally come to a close, the director of the antiquities department said on Monday at a ceremony to ...
60 looted Cyprus antiquities to be returned
Sixty Cypriot antiquities looted after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974 are to be returned to the island following the signing of an agreement between Cyprus and German authorities, ...
Icon stolen from Karavas church repatriated
An icon of Saint John the Baptist that was stolen from the Ayia Irini church in the area of Karavas in the north has been repatriated after it was found ...
Icon stolen by RAF pilot in 1974 returned to Cyprus
An 18th century icon of John the Baptist which was stolen by a British Royal Air Force pilot in 1974 is set to be returned to Cyprus.
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Religious artifact’s long and winding road home
The doors of an iconostasis in an occupied Church were reported as having returned home last week. They were the first looted item to be returned to the island from ...