Spectacular gold and silver objects dating from the fifth to the fourth century B.C. were excavated between 1986 and 1990 from burial mounds at Filippovka, which lies on the open steppe in the southern Ural Mountains region, sixty miles west of Orenburg. These finds constitute a brilliant new chapter in the history of the art of the northern nomads during the first millennium B.C. This publication presents the range of archaeological treasures from Filippovka in its proper historical and cultural context. From the incomparably rich collections of the Hermitage come gold objects and vessels from the Scythian Black Sea tombs; textiles and leather and wooden works from Siberia; and gold and bronze pieces from the Caucasus and Central Asia. These works illustrate developments in the art of the steppes in the centuries preceding the Filippovka burials, in contemporary societies, and in later centuries, toward the turn of the first millennium B.C.

320 pages, 335 illustrations (280 in full color), 9 in. x 12 in. Hardcover; clothbound, with jacket.

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The Golden Deer of Eurasia
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