Topic
Looting and the Law
The laws governing Cypriot antiquities, the legal export permitted in earlier periods, and the looting of the occupied north after 1974.
4 entries in 1 section
Antiquities Trade
4 entriesSection overview
Collecting Cypriot Antiquities Today: Law, Provenance and Due DiligenceThe law, provenance checks and market that govern owning and buying Cypriot antiquities outside Cyprus as of 2026.
Looting in Occupied Northern Cyprus after 1974The removal of icons, frescoes, mosaics and antiquities from the occupied north of Cyprus after the Turkish invasion of 1974, and the recoveries that followed.
The Antiquities Trade and CyprusSectionHow Cypriot antiquities left the island lawfully under successive export regimes, what changed with the 1974 occupation, and what collectors can own today.
The Legal Export of Cypriot AntiquitiesThe succession of Ottoman, colonial and Republic laws under which Cypriot antiquities lawfully left the island until licensed export ended in 1996.