[우크라 침공] “Russia loots ancient gold artifacts from Melitopol Museum”

4th century BC Scythian gold ornaments, etc… More than 2,000 items stolen from Mariupol

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ui-jin = The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 30th (local time) that Russian troops invading Ukraine looted expensive relics, such as gold ornaments of ancient Scythians, from a museum in the occupied territory of Melitopol. reported

Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorou claimed in a video posted on his Facebook account that Russia had taken the Scythian gold ornaments, one of Ukraine’s most expensive collections, from a museum in the city.

At least 198 gold artifacts were stolen, including 300-year-old silver coins and ancient weapons, said Leyla Ibrahimova, director of the Melitopol Regional History Museum, which houses the collection.

When the war broke out on February 24, the Russian military found these collections even though they hid these collections for fear of being looted.

This museum had about 50,000 exhibits, ranging from decorations from the Soviet era to ancient relics such as the ax of an ancient warrior.

Among them, the most valuable exhibit is the Scythian gold ornaments, and the local media Ukrinform estimated the age to be around the 4th century BC.

Director Ibrahimova fled Melitopol about a month ago, hiding some artifacts, including these trinkets, in thick paper boxes and hiding them in a warehouse.

Then, on the 27th of last month, he received a call from a museum security guard threatening to reveal the location of the artifact after a man in a white lab coat, who was believed to be an artifact expert, came to him along with Russian soldiers and intelligence agents.

The security guard refused to threaten, but the Russian side eventually found the artifact through a Ukrainian collaborator named Ivgeny Gorachew.

Golacheu has been appointed as the new director of the museum, Director Ibrahimova said.

Golacheu appeared on a Russian TV show and said that these golden ornaments are relics of great cultural value throughout the former Soviet Union. claimed to have been

In addition to Melitopol, news of the looting of artifacts also spread from the virtually captured southern port city of Mariupol.

According to Mariupol city authorities on the 29th of last month, more than 2,000 artifacts were stolen from three museums, including works by famous 19th-century painters, Gospels from 1811, and relics of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Ukrainian archaeologist Oleksandr Simonenko said, “This act of looting cannot be called war.”

The Scythians are known to have worshiped gold as a nomadic people who appeared in the Black Sea coastal steppes after the 7th century BC.

Golden ornaments with animal patterns such as tigers, eagles, and deer carved into precious metals were excavated from various tombs as burial items, and the Scythians were widely known as the nation of the ‘golden civilization’.

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