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Posted on 11/17/2025 11:26:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Kazinform International News Agency reports that the intact burial of a Saka warrior has been discovered at the Karabie burial site in central Kazakhstan by researchers from the Karaganda Regional History Museum. The burial has been dated to the sixth or seventh century B.C. The deceased was found holding a bronze sword, or akinak, in the right hand. Decorated with images of steppe birds of prey, its blade is about 12 inches long. "This type of akinak, with such design, has not yet been found elsewhere in Kazakhstan. It reflects the high level of metallurgy and artistic taste of the Saka age," said archaeologist Arman Beissenov. Five metal arrowheads and a gold earring were also recovered from the burial. For more on the Saka, go to "Searching for Lost Cities: Medieval Mountain Citadel."
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Top to bottom: Saka gold earring, sword, and metal arrowheadsKaraganda Regional Museum
That’s one old warrior.
They'd better not disturb anything!
Regards,
I’m only 60, but I’m still a warrior. Semper Fi, we’ve been here for 250 years, hope I make it to 2,700.
Looks like he had good jeans. He seems to have been a Levite. This of course assumes he was a guy.
Wranglers or Levis?
Sydney Sweeney would be proud of him.
The jeanswear is nicely preserved yeah
I will save the link to that magazine. Thank you. One of the most interesting books I’ve read is by Professor David Anthony, the article’s source of information: “The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.”
Actually, Doctor Anthony is mentioned in a different article found in the link to the magazine, called “Taming the Horse.”
It looks like a knife rather than a sword, but it does endorse Gibbs’ rule number eight: never go anywhere without a knife.
Gold earring? Gay….
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