Episode 2 of 2
Smuggling and Trade of the Treasure
- When
- unknown
- Where
- Anatolia
Schliemann apparently smuggled the treasure out of Anatolia and later traded some artifacts to the Ottoman government in exchange for permission to dig at Troy again.
According to the source, Schliemann apparently smuggled Priam's Treasure out of Anatolia. Later, he traded some of the treasure to the government of the Ottoman Empire in exchange for permission to dig at Troy again. The timing of these actions is not specified in the supplied passages beyond their sequence relative to the discovery.
Sources
- Priam's Treasure Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-25
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