A centuries-old mosaic of Saint Mark has gone on display at a Cyprus museum that now plans to reunite it with the 11 other apostles decades after it was looted in the island's Turkish-held north. The mosaic dating back more than 1,600 years was returned to the Mediterranean island this week after being tracked down by a Dutchman dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the art world". The director of the Byzantine Museum in Nicosia, Ioannis Eliades, was delighted to see it on display Wednesday next to the mosaic of Saint Andrew which was also repatriated this year. "We're thrilled about it because it arrived three days ago," Eliades told AFP. "It's the last one of the 12 pieces that ...
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