Scythian Gold

Photo: Ukraine has received 14 ancient artifacts, which were likely previously stolen by Russians from occupied territories. These cultural treasures were being illegally transported to the United States, Source: https://mcip.gov.ua/

Ukraine Has Returned Historical Artifacts Stolen by Russia

Ukraine has received 14 ancient artifacts, which were likely previously stolen by Russians from occupied territories. These cultural treasures were being illegally transported to the United States. This information was reported by the official page of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. “Ukraine...

October 17, 2023

Detail from a golden Scythian pectoral from the royal grave in the Tolstaja Mogila Kurgan, middle of 4th century BCE. Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, Kiev. Image released to the press in 2009. The Scythians were an ancient Iranian people of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who throughout Classical Antiquity dominated the Pontic-Caspian steppe, known at the time as Scythia. By Late Antiquity the closely-related Sarmatians came to dominate the Scythians in the west. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Priceless Artifacts Valued at $10 Million, Targeted by Russia, to Be Handed Over to the National Museum of Ukrainian History

The Ukrainian collection of “Scythian Gold,” which had been blocked in the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands for almost 9 years due to legal action by Russia, will finally be returned to Ukrainian territory and preserved in the National Museum of Ukrainian History....

July 21, 2023