Netherlands hands over Crimean Scythian artifacts to Ukraine
After a decade of legal proceedings, the Dutch museum transferred 600 artefacts from four occupied Crimean museums to Ukraine for safekeeping until the de-occupation of Crimea.
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Spain detains smugglers of Ukraine’s historic artifacts worth over USD 63 mln
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Spanish police arrested a group of smugglers in Madrid, including a…
Crimean gold must return to Ukraine – Dutch court
Back on 14 December 2016, an Amsterdam court decided to return the “Scythian gold” to Ukraine, but in…
Gilded Scythian sword found on Mount Mamai in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Further excavation revealed two graves – a larger central burial pit and a smaller one. At first, the…
Archaeologists discover Scythian treasure in Poltava Oblast
About 30 pieces of Scythian gold have been found in a kurhan (burial mound) in Bilsk, Kotelevsky District,…
Ukraine asks the Netherlands to return museum exhibits
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally requested that the Netherlands guarantee the return to Ukraine of exhibits…