Friday, January 12, 2018

Archaeologists in Siberia discover tomb of a Scythian prince

Archaeologists working in Siberia have discovered an undisturbed ancient kurgan—a tomb of a Scythian prince. The tomb appears to be both the oldest and largest of its kind ever recorded in southern Siberia. The tomb, Tunnug 1, lies in a southern Siberian swamp that's part of the Russian republic of Tuva. The tomb dates to a crucial period around 3,000 years ago, between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

The ancient Scythians were a nomadic people who date back to the ninth century B.C.

See ----->http://psjfactoids.blogspot.ca/2017/11/ancient-scythian-gold-sparks-spat.html
See ----->http://psjfactoids.blogspot.ca/2016/02/treasure-of-siberias-valley-of-kings.html

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