THE PHOENICIAN TREASURE OF ALISEDA

Abstract

This work was written by M. Ángel Orti Belmonte (1891-1973) in the months that followed the discovery of the Aliseda Treasure (Cáceres), which occurred on February 29, 1920. Since then, it has remained unpublished. The original work a first version and other interesting documents for its contex- tualization are in the “Lucio Gil de Fagoaga” Foundation (Requena, Valencia). Its publication, one hundred years later in this Dossier, enriches the historiography of this famous find and its confusing circumstances. Likewise, its complementary analysis offers a new reading on the conflict between Orti Belmonte and J. Ramón Mélida over the publication of the jewels for the first time.