Scythian Gryvna/Torque from Solokha Royal Barrow
Torque with terminals in the form of lion's heads and filigree plant ornament with colored enamels, 4th century BC. Zaporizhzhia oblast of Ukraine. Excavations...
Scythian Torques/ Gryvnas
The torques or gryvnas were the symbols of high office in the Scythian world. These adornments were worn by both men and women of...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Gold Torque or Gryvna
In Mozolevsky's opinion, the gold torque or gryvna found on the lady in Tovsta Mogyla Barrow is one of the best examples known. The...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan in Ukraine could be the famous Queen Tirgatao
Scholars date Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan to the first half of the 4th century B.C. The woman buried it it was given a very sumptious...
Scythian Sacred Land of Gerroi and of Royal Barrows was the area near Kakhovka...
'The Father of History" Herodotus described the location of the royal Scythian necropolis in Book 4.71: "The kings of Scythia are buried in the...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Headdress
As mentioned earlier, a Scythian woman and a child were buried in the side vault of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan. In the same chamber...
Scythian sword in golden scabbard from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
The Golden Pectoral and the Scythian sword in golden scabbards were saved by the large chunk of earth that had fallen from the ceiling...
Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan where Scythian Gold Pectoral was found
A large Scythian Royal Kurgan of the 4th century BC situated near Pokrova in the Dnipro oblast of Ukraine was excavated in 1971 by...
Scythian Warlord from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
Chochorowski, Skoryj in the Bolshoi Ryzhanovsky Kurgan book: "Beginning from the entrance, the burial chamber was divided for most of its length by a partition...
Situla from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
Situla (plural situlae), from the Latin word for 'bucket' or 'pail', is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels...
