Scythian Statue 3 Kirovograd Local History Mesuem Lapidarium (YDS 3165)
Scythian stone sculpture VI century B.C. made from gneiss, revealed near Erdelivka (now- Lenina) village (Kirovograd region in Ukraine) in year of 1880 by famous local historian, a
On 21 June 1971, archaeologist Borys Mozolevsky uncovered a remarkable artifact in a burial mound near the Ukrainian village of Ordzhonikidze. He found a coiled gold pectoral weighing over a kilogram, adorned with herdsmen, animals, and mythical beasts. This discovery was a significant moment in the exploration of Scythian burial mounds, known as kurgans. The Scythians were a confederation of horse-riding nomads who dominated the Pontic-Caspian steppe from the 7th to the 3rd century BC. Their history is pieced together from the writings of Herodotus and archaeological findings, as they left no written records of their own. The Scythians were first recorded by Assyrian scribes in the seventh century BC. See our article on the Gold of the Dead: Inside the Royal Kurgans of the Scythians.
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