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Walk of Truth repatriates the Bronze Age antiquities
Επαναπατρίζονται 100 κυπριακές αρχαιότητρες Στην Κύπρο επιστρέφουν εκατό και πλέον αρχαιότητες της εποχής του Χαλκού. Τις εξασφάλισε το ίδρυμα Walk of Truth από Αγγλο συλλέκτη, ο οποίος και συμφώνησε να προχωρήσει σε δωρεά προς το κυπριακό κράτος. ...
Repatriating antiquities is justice served
Απονομή δικαιοσύνης ο επαναπατρισμός αρχαιοτήτων O David Johnson συλλέγει κυπριακές αρχαιότητες της εποχής του Χαλκού, οι οποίες, όπως εξηγεί, μοιάζουν μοναδικές. Στα 70 του χρόνια αποφάσισε να επιστρέψει τη συλλογή του στην Κύπρο για να παραμείνει ενιαία και...
Announcing The Icon Hunter, the Being in Community 2018 Book of the Year!
Art. Intrigue. War. An underground trade on the black market. Spies. Police. Politics. Religion. Family. Love. All of these can be found in Tasoula Hadjitofi’s memoir, The Icon Hunter: A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s Stolen Heritage, which is this...
Cypriot antiquities raise small fortune at US auction
An auction of a collection of Cypriot antiquities and paintings owned by a Cypriot Honorary Consul in the USA raised around $250,000 (€215,000), according to the auctioneer’s website. The auction was held at the behest of the daughter of Dr Takey Crist, 81, who was...
Tasoula Hadjitofi: The Icon Hunter
John Metaxas interviews author Tasoula Hadjitofi about her book The Icon Hunter and her quest as a refugee to reclaim her nation’s stolen heritage. “As a girl growing up in Cyprus, I never imagined I’d learn as much as I have about the inner workings of art...
Tasoula Hadjitofi on Reclaiming Her Heritage
Tasoula Hadjitofi is the author of The Icon Hunter: A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s Stolen Heritage. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, Hadjitofi and her family became refugees after the Turkish army invaded in 1974. Hadjitofi will be talking about her book at noon...
Cosmos FM New York 91.5 Hellenic Public Radio Interview
The Icon Hunter book author Tasoula Hadjitofi and the co-writer Kathy Barrett were interviewed by Very Rev. Eugene N. Pappas. Ecumenist, educator, missionary and social activist, Fr. Eugene currently serves as pastor at Three Hierarchs Church in Brooklyn, and as the...
‘The Icon Hunter’: One Woman’s Mission to Recover Cyprus Artifacts
A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s Stolen Heritage For more than 40 years, Tasoula Hadjitofi relentlessly and resolutely pursued an elusive ideal: justice for the people of Cyprus. A native of Famagusta, Hadjitofi was a teenager when the Turkish army...
Los Angeles Hellenic Stream Radio Interview
Source: Los Angeles Hellenic Radio
An Icon Hunter’s Crusade to Reclaim Her Cultural Heritage
LOS ANGELES, CA – The first event of the new UCLA Niarchos Center for Hellenic Culture in collaboration with the Hellenic University Club was a lecture about author Tasoula Hadjitofi’s book From Refugee to Icon Hunter: A refugee’s quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s...