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Egypt Recovers Looted Pharaonic Statue

We read in New York Times: CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities have recovered a pharaonic statue looted from a museum that was ransacked during unrest touched off by the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi this summer. The limestone statue of Ankhesenpaaten, a sister of...

Antiphonitis Icons Return to Cyprus –The story of the LANS case

  The story of the "Lans case" 1. The 16th-century icons were allegedly removed from the wooden iconostasis of the Monastery of Antiphonitis in 1975 and purchased through an Armenian art dealer by an elderly Dutch couple, the Lans, between the years 1975-1977. 2....

Press Release – 15.07.2013

An announcement from Walk of Truth, an NGO based in the Netherlands which works to protect cultural heritage from war, anarchy and crime.   Some of the world’s finest religious art, recovered through a unique police sting operation in 1997, will finally be...

Egyptologist risks life, career to expose looting

Dr. Monica Hanna, an Egyptian archaeologist, surveys the burial grounds in Abu Sir al Malaq. 'You see dogs playing with human bones, children scavenging for pottery and painted sarcophagi. You also find very well mummified fragments. It is very macabre,' Hanna says....

Experts heartbroken by raiding in Egyptian area near Nile

  Looting & Trafficking cultural heritage is trading a nations soul... please read the article below Human bones lie scattered with broken ancient mud bricks at the antiquities settlement site of El-Hibeh. Criminals have wreaked havoc on antiquities sites in...

Tasoula Hadjitofi on the 50th anniversary of Europa Nostra

  Mrs Tasoula Hadjitofi (Walk of  Truth founder) attended on June 16, at the Acropolis Museum the 50th anniversary of Europa Nostra.  Nicolas Rivard (student of the British School, The Netherlands) presented world-renowned tenor and Europa Nostra President Mr....

Tasoula Hadjitofi attends the 50th anniversary of Europa Nostra

On June 16, Ms Tasoula Hadjitofi, will be representing non-governmental and non-profit organization, Walk of Truth on the occasion of Europa Nostra’s 50th anniversary in Athens. An activist for the past 30 years and founder of WoT Hadjitofi will attend the event which...

EUROPA NOSTRA BACKS WALK OF TRUTH

Europa Nostra’s Secretary General, Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović and Tasoula Georgiou-Hadjitofi,  founder and President of the Walk of Truth had a meeting where a copy of  the book "Protecting Art from Crime, Disputes and War" was delivered. Please read the details in...