Cyprus has put on display artifacts — some of them thousands of years old — that were returned after a Turkish art dealer looted them from the ethnically divided island nation decades ago.
Cyprus ’ President Nikos Christodoulides, right, stands in front of an Orthodox Christian icon after the same was repatriated and displayed at the Archeological museum in capital Nicosia, Cyprus , Monday, July 22, 2024.
Addressing the unveiling ceremony at Cyprus’ archaeological museum, President Nikos Christodoulides said the destruction of a country’s cultural heritage as evidenced in recent conflicts becomes a “deliberate campaign of cultural and religious cleansing that aims to eliminate identity.” Antiquities that Dikmen also looted but were returned years ago include 1,500-year-old mosaics of Saints Luke, Mark, Matthew and James. They are among the few examples of early Christian works to survive the Iconoclastic period in the 8th and 9th centuries when most such works were destroyed.Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces trade mission to Europe
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