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Scythian Warriors
Scythian warriors, drawn after figures on an electrum cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near Kerch. The warrior on the right is stringing his bow, bracing it behind his knee; note the typical pointed hood, long jacket with fur or fleece...
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Scythian Funeral Procession
Artist's impression of how a Scythian funeral process may have looked like. A typical Scythian burial mound (or kurgan) is visible in the background.
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Scythian Female Headdress
Golden female headdress from the Meothian culture (4th century BCE) found in the Karagodeuashkh kurgan in the Transkuban region, Krasnodar territory, Crimea.
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Scythian Stag Plaque
Scythian gold plaque, showing a stag.
Western Asia, 5th-4th century BCE.
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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Scythian Burial Sites in the North Black Sea Region
A map illustrating the current archeological evidence for the spread of the Scythians in the northern Black Sea region. It shows the distribution of the most notable ‘kurgans’ and monumental burial sites of the riding nomads of the Scythian...
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Scythian Belt Buckle
Scythian belt buckle, Southern Siberia, 3rd century BCE.
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Scythian Gold Appliqués
Scythian gold appliqués.
Treasure Gallery, Altes Museum, Berlin.
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Scythian Gold Comb
The golden comb of the Scythians, 4th century BCE. From the mound of Solokha in Ukraine. (Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia)
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Scythian Horse Decoration
Funerary horse decorations. 3rd Century BCE. Associated with the Paryzyk culture, Russia. (Amsterdam Hermitage)
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Scythian Quiver & Armour of a Woman, Vergina
The gold quiver, shin-guards and neck armour of the female in the unlooted 4th Century BCE tomb at Vergina, Greece, discovered in November 1977 CE.