EXCLUSIVE: Religious artifacts in Cyprus in ‘great peril’

The Washington Times By Julia Duin Originally published 04:45 a.m., July 21, 2009, updated 06:22 a.m., July 21, 2009Religious artifacts on the divided island of Cyprus are in “great peril,” according to a U.S. Helsinki Commission document to be released Tuesday afternoon.Thousands of Orthodox icons, manuscripts, frescoes and mosaics have been looted from churches, chapels and monasteries in northern Cyprus, ending up on international auction blocks, says the document, the result of a lengthy inv

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