Archeological Museum of Seville
Provincial antiquities collection built around a Tartessian gold hoard once kept hidden for decades.
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This guide to the Archeological Museum of Seville centers on the Carambolo treasure, a hoard of Tartessian gold discovered by a bricklayer outside the city in 1958 and excavated by archaeologist Juan de Mata Carriazo. It follows a 1992 scandal when Jesus Aguirre, husband of the Duchess of Alba, nearly lost his job trying to send the gold to Madrid for a World's Fair exhibit, and traces how decades passed before museum visitors ever saw the real pieces. Look closely at the hammered plaques in the case in front of you.
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