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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Hosts Seminar on ‘Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature’, Saudi Arabia as a Model

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized on Wednesday a seminar titled “Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Model”.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized on Wednesday a seminar titled “Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Model”.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Hosts Seminar on ‘Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature’, Saudi Arabia as a Model

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized on Wednesday a seminar titled “Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Model”.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized on Wednesday a seminar titled “Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Model”.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized on Wednesday, as part of its international book fair, a seminar titled “Antiquities in Contemporary Arabic Literature: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Model”.
The seminar featured Saudi poet Ibrahim Al-Juraifani and Egyptian archaeologist and Director of the Antiquities Museum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Dr. Hussein Abdel Basir, the Saudi Press Agency said.
During the seminar, Dr. Abdel Basir emphasized the importance of preserving antiquities and documenting archaeological sites in the Arab world, praising Saudi Arabia's comprehensive progress in tourism, culture, museums, and antiquities.
He noted that poetry collections incorporating antiquities in their verses represent a significant addition to the worlds of poetry, literature, and antiquities in the Arab world.
Al-Juraifani indicated that the Kingdom pays great attention to antiquities, noting that the Saudi Vision 2030 makes antiquities a key focus for documenting and recording sites through international organizations.

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Cyprus Displays Jewelry, Early Christian Icons and Bronze Age Antiquities Once Looted From Island

A presidential security officer stands behind antiquities repatriated from Germany and put on display at the Archeological museum, in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
A presidential security officer stands behind antiquities repatriated from Germany and put on display at the Archeological museum, in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Cyprus Displays Jewelry, Early Christian Icons and Bronze Age Antiquities Once Looted From Island

A presidential security officer stands behind antiquities repatriated from Germany and put on display at the Archeological museum, in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
A presidential security officer stands behind antiquities repatriated from Germany and put on display at the Archeological museum, in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus on Monday put on display artifacts — some of them thousands of years old — that were returned after a Turkish art dealer looted them from the ethnically divided island nation decades ago.
Aydin Dikmen took the artifacts from the country's breakaway north in the years after Cyprus’ split in 1974, when Turkiye invaded following a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece. The antiquities were kept in Germany after authorities there seized them in 1997, and protracted legal battles secured their repatriation in three batches, the last one this year.
Addressing the unveiling ceremony at Cyprus' archaeological museum, President Nikos Christodoulides said the destruction of a country’s cultural heritage as evidenced in recent conflicts becomes a “deliberate campaign of cultural and religious cleansing that aims to eliminate identity.”
Among the 60 most recently returned artifacts put on display include jewelry from the Chalcolithic Period between 3500-1500 B.C. and Bronze Age bird-shaped idols.
Antiquities that Dikmen also looted but were returned years ago include 1,500-year-old mosaics of Saints Luke, Mark, Matthew and James. They are among the few examples of early Christian works to survive the Iconoclastic period in the 8th and 9th centuries when most such works were destroyed.
Cyprus' authorities and the country's Orthodox Church for decades have been hunting for the island’s looted antiquities and centuries-old relics from as many as 500 churches in open auctions and on the black market.
The museum's antiquities curator, Eftychia Zachariou, told the ceremony that Cyprus in recent years has benefited from a shift in thinking among authorities in many countries who now opt to repatriate antiquities of dubious provenance.