The Odyssey Case refers to the dispute between Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (OME) and the Kingdom of Spain in the US courts to determine the ownership of more than 500,000 coins, as well as other artefacts, that OME recovered from a wreck-site it had code-named Black Swan. However, the process was much more than a dispute over the coins. It reflected many of the components involved in the protection of underwater archaeological heritage, especially when economic and political interests are at stake. Written from the perspective of an archaeologist working for the regional authority responsible for developing archaeological policy, this paper tries to assess the case's impact on future policy development.

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奥德赛案：新闻，舆论和未来政策

Odyssey案是指Odyssey Marine Exploration公司（OME）与西班牙王国在美国法院之间的争端，以确定OME从沉船现场发现的500,000枚硬币以及其他人工制品的所有权。代号黑天鹅。但是，这一过程不仅仅是对硬币的争执。它反映了保护水下考古遗产的许多要素，特别是在经济和政治利益受到威胁时。本文是从一名考古学家为负责制定考古政策的地区机构工作的角度撰写的，旨在评估此案对未来政策制定的影响。