On July 26, 37 Cypriot antiquities had been repatriated from Stuttgart, Germany, which embody clay vessels courting from the Early-Center Bronze Age (c. 2000 BC) to the Medieval interval, in addition to 4 clay lamps, the which date from the Cypriot-Classical to the Late-Roman interval.
As said in a press release by the Division of Antiquities, the antiquities had been exported from the Republic of Cyprus between 1964-1968 by a German citizen, who labored throughout these years on the German Embassy in Nicosia and after his demise in 2023, his inheritor, Eva- Maria Waas contacted the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Berlin expressing her need handy over the antiquities to the Cypriot authorities, with the goal of repatriating them to Cyprus.
It’s added that the antiquities embody clay vessels courting from the Early-Center Bronze Age (c. 2000 BC) to the Medieval interval, in addition to 4 clay lamps, which date from the Cypriot-Classical to the Late Roman interval.
The Division of Antiquities within the announcement expresses its heat because of Mrs. Waas, each for her initiative to return the antiquities to Cyprus, and for her wonderful cooperation on this undertaking.
Warmest thanks, as talked about, are additionally addressed to the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Berlin, and particularly to Ambassador Maria Papakyriakou and Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Dimitris Dimitriou, for his or her useful contribution to the repatriation of the antiquities.
It’s added that “the Division of Antiquities, because the competent Division of the Republic of Cyprus for the safety and administration of the archaeological heritage of Cyprus, acknowledges the necessary position that the general public can play within the repatriation of antiquities and encourages those that want to contribute on this space to contact with him”.
On the identical time, it’s famous that the Division of Antiquities continues all efforts to guard the cultural heritage of each Cyprus and different international locations, all the time in shut cooperation with the Nationwide Committee for the Suppression of Scavenging and Unlawful Trafficking in Cultural Heritage.
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