Priam's Gold

Turkey’s claim to the treasure comes from the fact that the site of Troy is in Turkey, and that it was by permission of the Ottoman Empire that Schliemann was allowed to excavate.

Schliemann was sued by the Ottoman government in 1875, for taking the gold out of the country and not giving them part of the gold. Schliemann lost his case and was fined £400 as compensation to the Ottomans. In 1878, on November 26, more treasure was found. This time the Ottomans kept 2/3rds of the find and Schliemann kept 1/3. The portion that the Ottomans kept went to the Archeological Museum in Constantinople. ¹

 

 

 

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