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Walk of Truth repatriates the Bronze Age antiquities

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

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...

Cypriot antiquities raise small fortune at US auction

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 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...

An Icon Hunter’s Crusade to Reclaim Her Cultural Heritage

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...