In a recent operation, police raided estates owned by the influential Papadimitriou shipping family located in Schoinoussa and Attica, where they discovered five antiquities and nine religious icons believed to be protected under Greek heritage laws. The raids took place on Monday, aligning with the ongoing retrial of a 2006 case where numerous ancient artifacts were found at the family’s villa.
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olice in Thessaloniki, Greece, arrest a 70-year-old woman after discovering a collection of ancient pottery and religious artifacts dating back centuries, sparking questions about their origin and potential significance.
Two stolen “despotic” icons, central pieces of the traditional Greek Orthodox Iconostasis, dating from the…
Two 18th-century religious icons depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary, were returned to Greece from…