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The gold came to be in the middle of an acrimonious legal, political, and nationalist battle. The seriousness of the dispute can partly be explained by the legal technicalities in the geopolitical context. Indeed, as Jakubowski (2020, 582) noted, state succession and restitution belong to ‘the fundamental old topics of public international law’. The case law is not exactly a case of state succession because the international community has not recognised the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) as succeeding Ukraine. However, the dispute posed analogous ‘challenging and politicised’ legal questions (Jakubowski 2020, 582-583). The case was mediatised, complex, and heartfelt because of the extraordinary nature of the artefacts. The Scythian treasures are a national symbol for Ukraine and Russia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65788f3353d3795f74fb34b1/08f81b03-6991-477e-9687-d278b3cb7720/Screenshot+2023-12-10+at+21.20.11.png Blog - Crimean Treasures Return to Kyiv - Make it stand out Despite the long history of collecting and thorough archaeological research, mystery still surrounds Scythian cultures. We know that the Scythians or Scythes were a nomadic or seminomadic culture of the Altai plains. Their territories were once larger than any other empire of the time. Their kings, princes, and chieftains lived between the seventh and third centuries B.C. The abundance of burial sites south of the Dnieper River suggests that their religious centres were remote from their living areas. However, sites of Scythian culture can be found far from Ukraine, Siberia, Kazakhstan and even China. Some pieces display Greek workmanship but depict scenes that can only be typically Scythian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65788f3353d3795f74fb34b1/b93e1853-b143-48e9-b49d-2593e94c85d5/Screenshot+2023-12-10+at+21.20.35.png Blog - Crimean Treasures Return to Kyiv - Make it stand out The main contentious legal technicality of the case was whether restitution to the country of origin was the appropriate legal response in the case. In other words, the discussions revolved around the application of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and related instruments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65788f3353d3795f74fb34b1/dad260f2-9516-4a2d-a8b0-65ede28bedfc/Screenshot+2023-12-10+at+21.20.48.png Blog - Crimean Treasures Return to Kyiv - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65788f3353d3795f74fb34b1/1a1f9228-bef8-4785-ac2c-e643ed0c073f/1696951354561.jpeg Blog - Crimean Treasures Return to Kyiv - This paper came out as a chapter of this book. If you’d like to read the full chapter, or cite it. The reference is here: A. Mattez (2024). Cultural Treasures and Their Place of Origin: Crimean Treasures Return to Kyiv, in Heritage in War and Peace. Legal and Political Perspectives for Future Protection, ed. M. Sadowski and G. 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