Ancient Thieves Missed This Gold Bear in a Burial Mound That May Hold 7 People
The find may have been sewn onto a ceremonial headdress, and researchers say no similar sculpted bear has been found in Kazakhstan.
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Rare Saka-period gold bear figurine from ceremonial headdress discovered in Kazakhstan
Archaeologists excavating an Early Iron Age burial mound in Almaty, Kazakhstan, have discovered a rare gold bear figurine believed to have decorated a ceremonial headdress. The discovery was made during emergency excavations at the Karagaily burial mound in Almaty’s Nauryzbay district by archaeologists from the Almaty Museum Association. Preliminary dating places the burial mound in the 4th–3rd centuries BC, during the period associated with the…
Archaeologists studying a 2,300-year-old mound in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which was looted in ancient times, have discovered a small golden bear figurine and many human remains.
Archaeologists have discovered a small golden bear figurine in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, that likely adorned the ceremonial headdress of a member of the Saka elite, an ancient nomadic people, the Qazinform news agency reported on Thursday.
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