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Heritage Lost: How half of the initial antiquities collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was lost at sea and with it part of the heritage of ... waiting for its recovery and return to Cyprus
Heritage Lost How half of the initial antiquities collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was lost at sea and with it part of the heritage of waiting for its recovery and return to Cyprus Author:Robert Scott In 1872 half of the initial antiquities destined for the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was lost at sea. Lying over a mile deep in the Mediterranean a significant part of the cultural heritage of Cyprus is waiting for recovery and return to the Republic of Cyprus.