[SunkenCiv]

RAS Institute of Archaeology

[Red Badger]

Exquisite!.................

[z3n]

"...comprises the Eurasian steppes of Kazakhstan, the Russian steppes of the Siberian, Ural, Volga and Southern regions, and eastern Ukraine."

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[larrytown]

Well, I hope they’ll put everything back where they found it, now that they’ve gotten all the info they needed.

Otherwise isn’t this just highly publicized grave robbing?

[Chewbarkah]

Scythians are somehow endlessly fascinating. The grave might have “hardened” over time, but the contemporary appearance suggests it had to be chiseled into the ground. I wonder: A) whether the number 17 had significance other than what worked structurally; and B) how common oak trees were in the region at the time of the burial — I don’t think of oaks on the steppe, but that’s likely my ignorance. Determining which deity is represented on the silver bar requires some darned impressive expertise. Thanks for posting this.

[Ezekiel]

Archaeologists excavating a warrior’s grave have discovered Scythian treasures

Found at last after 2400 years! Talk about scythes of relief..

[rfp1234]