Dutch Museum Sends Crimean Treasures to Kyiv After Legal Tug-of-War Between Russia, Ukraine

A spiraling torque from the second century A.D. is displayed as part of the exhibit called The Crimea—Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea, at Allard Pierson historical museum in Amsterdam on April 4, 2014. Peter Dejong/AP Photo

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Historical treasures that were stored for years at an Amsterdam museum during an ownership dispute sparked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea have been safely transported to Ukraine, the museum announced Monday.

Their transport ends a nearly decade-long legal tug-of-war over the artifacts including a solid gold Scythian helmet from the 4th century B.C. and a golden neck ornament from the second century A.D. that weighs more than a kilogram (two pounds).