Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Headdress

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1860

As mentioned earlier, a Scythian woman and a child were buried in the side vault of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan. In the same chamber with them, there were also the sceletons of a bodyguard and a cook. At the entrance to the vault, there were the remains of the wheels from the funeral cart and a skeleton of a groom. In a separate small adjacent chamber, there was a skeleton of a servant girl. The headdress of the queen together with the pendants are represented in the title image of the article. Below are the scheme of the burial and the illustrations of the images on the headdress plates.

side vault of Tovsta Mogyla
The side chamber of tovsta mogyla kurgan in which a scythian quuen with her child and her servants were buried.
forehead plate2
Forehead plate2 — u-krane
Forhead plate
Forhead plate — u-krane
headdress plates
Headdress plates — u-krane
headdress plates2
Headdress plates2 — u-krane

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