Scythian antiquities,18th-century artwork. These objects,from a burial mound near the Tom River in southern Siberia,were described in a 1764 letter by Paul Demidoff (Russian philanthropist Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov,1738-1821) with later commentary by German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798). Forster identified the objects as 14th-century Mongol,but later scholarship identified them as 5th-century BC Scythian. Shown here are ornaments,idols,amulets and a copper table with lions and camels. Published in Volume 2 (1773) of 'Archaeologia',the journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Middle Temple Library |
Bildgröße: | 3754 px × 5126 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |