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Archaeologists found the burial of Scythian Amazon with a gold head dress near the Don River
Phys.org ^ | Decenber 20, 2918 | Institute of Archaeology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Posted on 01/01/2020 8:50:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The burial of the Amazon with a headdress made of precious metal dated back to the second half of the 4th century BC was found by the members of the Don expedition of IA RAS during the examination of the cemetery Devitsa V of Voronezh Oblast. This is the first ever found in Middle Don river, and well preserved ceremonial headdress of a rich Scythian women, earlier archaeologists found only fragments of such headdresses. Valerii Guliaev, the head of Don expedition, announced the first results of the examination on the 6th of December at the session of Academic Council of IA RAS...

The burial was robbed in ancient times. The robbers broke into the tomb from the north when the floor had already fallen and the sepulcher was buried i.e. in 100 or 200 years after the barrow was filled. However, only northern and eastern parts of the tomb had been robbed where there were the remains of the teenager and one of the young women.

Apart from the spread remains we found in the northern part of the pit more than 30 iron arrow heads, an iron hook in the shape of a bird, fragments of horse harness, iron hooks for hanging harness, iron knives, fragments of molded vessels, multiple animals' bones. In filling the robbers' passage the broken black lacquer lacythus with red figure palmette dated back to the second –third quarter of the 4th c BC was found.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; scythians
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The plate of the head dress (stlengis). The barrow 9 of the cemetery Devitsa V. Credit: IA RAS

Credit: IA RAS

1 posted on 01/01/2020 8:50:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

These findings are always interesting....it’s amazing what is found digging in the earth around the world!


2 posted on 01/01/2020 8:56:13 PM PST by caww
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To: SunkenCiv

What is a Scythian Amazon?


3 posted on 01/01/2020 8:57:02 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

You don’t want to work at a Scythian Amazon.
The work environment is brutal.


4 posted on 01/01/2020 9:06:38 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: SunkenCiv

[[a gold head dress]]

Ok- who in their right mind wears dresses on their heads?


5 posted on 01/01/2020 9:06:52 PM PST by Bob434
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To: SoConPubbie

Warrior Scythian woman


6 posted on 01/01/2020 9:08:58 PM PST by the_daug
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To: SunkenCiv

Very cool


7 posted on 01/01/2020 9:26:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SoConPubbie

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scythian


8 posted on 01/01/2020 9:39:19 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: SunkenCiv

So you attain a bit of status, get a little wealth and then comes the bling! The more things change.....


9 posted on 01/01/2020 9:39:32 PM PST by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

10 posted on 01/01/2020 10:11:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: PrairieLady2; the_daug

Thanks Guys!


11 posted on 01/01/2020 11:22:28 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Free in Texas

“There is nothing new under the sun” comes to mind.


12 posted on 01/02/2020 1:56:57 AM PST by FES0844
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To: SunkenCiv

A true daughter of Polyphemus!


13 posted on 01/02/2020 2:30:43 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: SunkenCiv
***In filling the robbers' passage the broken black lacquer lacythus with red figure palmette dated back to the second –third quarter of the 4th c BC was found***

This sentence is difficult for me to make sense of; is it written in Amazonian?

14 posted on 01/02/2020 2:55:19 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: SunkenCiv

Waiting for them to find a Walmart princess....


15 posted on 01/02/2020 3:48:03 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Waiting for them to find a Walmart princess....


16 posted on 01/02/2020 3:48:03 AM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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To: SunkenCiv
That is why I will never be put in a grave.

Some sob in a couple thousand years will be farming genetically modified crops on top of me and plow me up.

17 posted on 01/02/2020 3:56:16 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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"This sentence is difficult for me to make sense of; is it written in Amazonian?"

Taken from a "Press release Institute of Archaeology Russian Academy of sciences"

Humm. I agree! Bable-Fish for English from Russian maybe has been done? ;)

(How is your back doing?)

18 posted on 01/02/2020 6:41:02 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: eartick

The grave was not robbed. It was just some socialist guberment getting the death tax collected.


19 posted on 01/02/2020 6:41:53 AM PST by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
***How is your back doing?***

Ehhh... could be better - could be worse. There is considerable damage at all levels. I tried to get the neurosurgeon interested, but...

The cervical, following surgery, is improved. Best not to complain. :^) Thank you for asking.

20 posted on 01/02/2020 6:51:58 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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