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Week 23: 1–7 June 2026

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Greece returned 48 Cypriot antiquities to the Cyprus Museum on 1 June, and an exhibition opened in Barcelona on 5 June setting ancient Cypriot pottery beside Picasso's ceramics. In Nicosia the first volume of the Tombs of the Kings excavation report was presented, and the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation set out its programme for European Archaeology Days.

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Heritage crime· 18 OctNew

Greece returns 48 Cypriot antiquities an ambassador acquired on the island in the 1960s and 1970s

Pottery and limestone figurines from the Early Bronze Age to the medieval period, given up by the heirs of Christos Zacharakis, were handed over at the Cyprus Museum on 1 June.

Two women shake hands in front of bookshelves and the Greek, EU and Cypriot flags; one in a dark blue jacket, the other in a white jacket holding a white folder — Lina Mendoni (left) and Vasiliki Kassianidou at the handover in the Cyprus Museum, 1 June 2026.Photo: Stavros Ioannides, PIO · The week's issue →