Uşak Museum of Archaeology
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The Uşak Museum of Archaeology (
In the museum, items on display include sculptures, pitchers with beaklike spouts and
Karun treasure
The artifacts, making a collection of 363 pieces, date back to the 7th century BCE. They were illegally excavated by villagers in 1966 from the tomb of a Lydian noble woman, smuggled outside the country and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York, USA. After their discovery in a catalogue of the museum in 1984, Turkish journalist Özgen Acar informed the Turkish government, which launched a judicial case against The Met. After a legal battle, the collection was returned in 1993 to Turkey.[2]
Museum theft case
In 2006 two items in the Karun Treasure (Lydian Hoard) were discovered to be fakes, with the originals having been stolen. The pieces were a coin and a golden brooch in the form of a
In November 2012, it was announced that the golden brooch would be returned to Turkey.[5] The returned piece was temporarily displayed in Ankara's Museum of Anatolian Civilizations,[6] before being returned to the Uşak Museum of Archaeology.
References
- ^ "Museum of Uşak Archaeology". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "We have to change the buyer's attitude". The Courier UNESCO. April 2001. Archived from the original on July 23, 2001. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "Croesus riches replaced by fakes". BBC News. 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ Arsu, Sebnem; Robertson, Campbell (May 30, 2006). "Wealth of Croesus, Returned by the Met, Stolen From Turkish Museum". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Constanze Letsch (25 November 2012). "King Croesus's golden brooch to be returned to Turkey". The Guardian.
- ^ Anatolia News Agency (May 20, 2013). "Winged seahorse brooch attracts viewers". Hurriety Daily News. Retrieved 25 November 2017.