How Schliemann Smuggled "Priam's Treasure" from the Troad to Athens

Traill, David A.

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“…Schliemann believed that Priam was the king of Troy VI or VII hundreds of years later, so it was not possible for those treasures to belong to him. [9][10][11][12] Schliemann Smuggles the Treasure from Turkey Schliemann wrote an article in the newspaper "Allgemeine Zeitung" published in Augsburg in which he described the discovery of the Trojan treasures and their smuggling out of Turkey. The article aroused excitement in the world of archaeology and outrage in the Turkish state.…”

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Virchow and Troy

Paksoy

2023

Int J Surg Pathol

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The Trojan war occupies an important place in Greek mythology. Homer describes this in detail in his epic works of “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” The ancient town of Troy is located south of the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey. Until the late nineteenth century, scientists thought that the Trojan War was a legend. German businessman and amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) began excavations in Troy. The Turkish Empire (Ottoman Empire) granted excavation permission in 1871 on the condition that the artifacts discovered would be preserved and exhibited. Schliemann found “the treasure of the Trojan king Priam” in 1873. He smuggled the treasure to Athens. In 1874, the Ottoman government discovered this and went after the treasure. They sued Schliemann in Athens. According to archaeologists, the treasure dates back to 2600–2400 BCE. The horde that Schliemann found could not have belonged to the Trojan King Priam. It was during this time that Schliemann met Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902). Virchow was interested in anthropology and prehistory. The Turkish state granted Schliemann new permission to conduct excavations. Virchow stayed in Troy for a month in 1879 as an excavation site physician. He provided health care services to the excavation workers and local people and made observations. Virchow came to Troy once again in March 1890 to attend the second Trojan conference organized by Schliemann. Virchow was also an influential politician in Berlin. He was a member of the Berlin City Council. Thanks to the relations established with Chancellor Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm, Virchow ensured that the Treasure of Priam would be permanently transferred to Berlin from London (it is currently at the Victoria and Albert Museum), where it was temporarily exhibited. Trojan treasures were exhibited in the Ethnological Museum (Völkerkundemuseum) and in the Martin-Gropius Bau (formerly Kunstgewerbemuseum –The Decorative Arts Museum) until 1945. After the Soviet Army entered Berlin following the Second World War, the treasure was lost. It was discovered in 1994 that the treasure was at the Pushkin Museum.

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Virchow and Troy

Paksoy

2023

Int J Surg Pathol

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Priam's Gold: the Full Story

Easton¹

1994

Anatol. Stud.

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“I have seen Priam's Treasure … I have held these vessels in my own hands.” This claim by Yevgenii Sidorov, the Russian Minister of Culture, in an interview in Literaturnaya Gazeta on 25th August 1993, was the first official admission that Priam's Treasure, thought lost since 1945, is now in Russia. It helps us to complete the story of this famous find, from the day of its discovery to the present. Research by David Traill, Reinhard Witte, and myself has clarified the earliest parts. Correspondence published by Joachim Herrmann, Gustav Mahr and Leslie Fitton helps illuminate the late 1870s and the 1880s. For the turbulent years of World War II we have an important publication by Mechthilde Unverzagt and intensive research by Klaus Goldmann. And finally from Russia comes documentation unearthed by Konstantin Akinsha and Grigorii Kozlov. The full story can now be told, and that is what I should like to attempt in this paper. There remains, however, the question, to whom does the Treasure properly belong?—to which I hope the outline of an answer will emerge.

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Ati̇na’da Ne Oldu? ‘Pri̇amos Hazi̇neleri̇’ Ve Osmanli Devleti̇’ni̇n Tutumu

Aslan¹

2019

Gastroia: Journal of Gastronomy and Travel Research

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Heinrich Schliemann'nın 1871'de başlayan ilk resmi kazıları, o dönem kamuoyunun üzerinde en çok konuştuğu arkeolojik kazı olmuştur. Öncelikle 15. yüzyıldan beri nerede olduğu tartışılan mitolojik Troya kentin arkeoljik kazı sonuçlarıyla bulunup bulunamayacağı tartışılmakla beraber, özellikle 1872 yılından itibaren Schliemann'nın kazı sonuçları ve hukuk dışı yollarla kaçırdığı hazine buluntuları bu tartışmaların merkezini oluşturmaktadır. Schliemann'nın 1873 yılı mayıs ayın sonunda bulup, haziran ayı başında Atina'ya kaçırdığı hazineler, Osmanlı Devleti'nin kendi topraklarından çıkarılıp kaçırılan eserleri, hukuki yollarla geri almak için başlattığı ilk dava olması açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Ayrıca dava sürecinde Atina'da yaşananlar 19. yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti'nin konuya nasıl yaklaştığını belirgin bir şekilde ortara koymaktadır.

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How Schliemann Smuggled "Priam's Treasure" from the Troad to Athens

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Priam's Gold: the Full Story

Ati̇na’da Ne Oldu? ‘Pri̇amos Hazi̇neleri̇’ Ve Osmanli Devleti̇’ni̇n Tutumu

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