Sacrificial Complex in the Southern Urals Reveals Nomadic Rituals - Archaeology Magazine

Sacrificial Complex in the Southern Urals Reveals Nomadic Rituals - Archaeology Magazine

Gold plaque with an image of a tiger's head and foreleg ORENBURG, RUSSIA—According to the Greek Reporter, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) announced the discovery of a remarkable and unparalleled sacrificial complex in the Orenburg region of the Southern Urals. A team from the RAS’ Institute of Archaeology unearthed the site while working at the Vysokaya Mogila–Studenikin Mar necropolis, which contains a group of monumental kurgans built by…