The State Historical Museum opened an exhibition «Gold Sarmatians»
ARTinvestment.RU   02 июня 2008

Exhibition «Gold Sarmatians» was organized in the framework of cultural days in Moscow, Astrakhan region, and is a unique gift Historical Museum in the 125-year anniversary of the opening

Exhibition «Gold Sarmatians» was organized in the framework of cultural days in Moscow, Astrakhan region, and is a unique gift Historical Museum in the 125-year anniversary of the opening.

The Lower Volga and Northern Caspian for thousands of years been a place contact the West and East. Thanks to the tradition of burials have weapons, jewelry, other valuables to the present day intact reached a unique exhibit.

Kurgan burials things Greek and Roman neighbors to the Siberian, Central Asian, Caucasus, Iran, reaffirming the idea of the interpenetration of different civilizations. Unique exhibition covers the historical era of living in the steppes of the Northern Caspian savromato-Sarmatian tribes (VI century. BC. E. - IV century. N. E .).

One of the central exhibit is a collection of gold objects, ritual vessels and ornaments horse harness.

highlights his artistic and scientific value of the findings from the burial of Sarmatian leader I. Mr. e. Among them, a magnificent golden pectoral Pectoral-a symbol of power with scenes «excruciation», wonderful gold belt buckle with relief images of the steppe hedgehog surrounded snakes. Harness and chest buried along with the chief of military horses were decorated with gold falary (details ornaments horse harness) with exquisite ornamentation.

Many of the museum's collections are made in the so-called «animal style» and have a sacred character. The collection represents an artistic display of Scythian and Sarmatian lifestyles, the so-called Scythian triad: nomadic pastoralism, military life and the Scythian-Siberian animal style. In 2005, the archaeological collection of gold, silver and bronze articles Sarmatian time displayed at the exhibition «The Treasures of Astrakhan steppes» in Rome, which enjoyed tremendous success.

The exhibition will run until 30 June.

Source: www.shm.ru