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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: davidb on May 31, 2017, 12:52 PM

Title: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: davidb on May 31, 2017, 12:52 PM
Don't know if this has been posted.

http://mongolschinaandthesilkroad.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-scythians-are-coming-to-british.html

If it hasn't.  Does this actually mean I scooped Holly?
Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Duncan Head on May 31, 2017, 01:12 PM
See http://forum.soa.org.uk/index.php?topic=2769.0

Beat you by a couple of hours - but your link has some nicer pics.
Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Dangun on May 31, 2017, 01:57 PM
Interesting.
But does the attribution of the gold plaque to 400-350BC strike you as odd?
An entirely base-less and "gut" reaction, but the quality looks unexpectedly high.
Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Duncan Head on May 31, 2017, 02:25 PM
I've seen it dated to "4th century" - an overlapping range. I'm not sure which site that one's from.
Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Tim on May 31, 2017, 07:08 PM
I think I know what I will doing on one of my days off...