Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Ukraine just won a big international legal battle, and the prize is Scythian gold

Ukraine just won a big international legal battle, and the prize is Scythian gold
MOSCOW — In one corner, the government of Ukraine. In the other, four museums on the disputed peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014. The prize? A trove of precious Scythian gold, ceremonial daggers and helmets and amulets made by the fearsome horseback nomads who ruled parts of Ukraine and Russia from 600 B.C. to 300 A.D. and who, according to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/14/ukraine-just-won-a-big-international-legal-battle-and-the-prize-is-scythian-gold/

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