"The archaeological treasures of the Hermitage" show in Spain
ARTinvestment.RU   24 апреля 2011

The exposition covers the time period from the Paleolithic era (20,000 years BC. Er.) Until the Middle Ages (XVI century AD. Er.) And includes a 484 item

Archaeological Museum of Alicante, Spain, April 15 - 15 November 2011

In the Archaeological Museum in the Spanish city of Alicante opened an exhibition "The archaeological treasures of the Hermitage" timed to the Year of Spain in Russia and Russia in Spain.

exposition covers the time period from the Paleolithic period ( 20 thousand years BC. er.) until the Middle Ages (XVI century AD. er.) and includes 484 of the subject. Area of ​​origin of archaeological sites is extensive: from Central Asia in the east to the Northern Black Sea in the west, from Karelia in the north to the South Caucasus in the south. All exhibits are signed and reflect not only the history of the formation of the Hermitage archaeological collections, but also the history of research of the museum's own archeological expeditions.

accommodation in three rooms, the corresponding color on the color scheme of the Russian flag, the exhibition is divided chronologically.

The first room is dedicated to "primitive" Archaeology of the Paleolithic Age to the Bronze Age to the wide area, including Siberia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the European part of Russia. Among the exhibits in this section can be identified Paleolithic "Venus" from the settlement of Kostenko and findings of Maikop burial mound dating from the 4 th millennium BC. Oe.

crest depicting the battle scene
End V - the beginning of IV century. BC. Oe.
Barrow Solokha. Inlet burial, the Dnieper, Zaporizhzhya region
Russia (now Ukraine)
Gold, casting, stamping
Source: hermitagemuseum.org

second section shows the Hellenic-Scythian antiquities of Northern Black Sea coast from VII to II century BC. er. Here are the masterpieces of the State Hermitage Museum: the golden deer (VII century BC. Er.) Mound of Kostroma in the northern Caucasus, gold crest with the Scythians (V - IV century BC. Er.) Solokha from the mound in the Dnieper, the golden pot with the Scythians (IV century BC. er.) from the mound of Kul-Oba in the Crimea.

Kubok Cup with spherical reliefs depicting scenes from Scythian life
400-350 years. BC. Oe.
Kul-Oba Kurgan, the kingdom of Bosporus and Kerch
Gold; chasing
Source: hermitagemuseum.org

The third part of the exhibition gives an overview of archeology in Russia and includes Hun monuments of Central Asia first centuries. er., Penjikent frescoes and Sassanian silver middle of I millennium AD. er., Byzantine antiquities and monuments of the Crimea the Golden Horde. It also exhibited objects, telling about the ancient history: jewels, weapons, household items.

Naschitnaya Naschitnaya badge as a figure of a deer
about 600 BC. Oe.
Scythian culture
Kostroma Kurgan 1, Zakubane, village Kostroma, Russia
Gold, casting, stamping
Source: hermitagemuseum.org
Poyasnaya Belt plate
V - IV century. BC. Oe.
Saka culture
Siberian Collection of Peter I, Russia, Siberia
Gold, casting, stamping
Source: hermitagemuseum.org

exhibition is complemented by photos and video: photography and film about the Hermitage, portraits of famous Russian archaeologists, photographs of archaeological excavations, monuments and landscapes of places of origin of submitted antiquity.

exhibition is organized by the Department of Archeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia, Eastern Division, the Division of the Ancient World and the Division of History of Russian Culture.

curator - Andrei Y. Alekseyev, head of the Department of Archeology of Eastern Europe Siberia and the State Hermitage Museum, the doctor of historical sciences.

Source: hermitagemuseum.org



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