An international group of archaeologists from Russia, Germany, Switzerland and the USA examined Scythian burial mounds found at the Tunnug 1 excavation site in Tuva. Discoveries made by scientists show that Scythian culture emerged far to the east. The research was published in the scientific journal magazine Antiquity.
The Scythians were a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes who migrated from Central Asia to the Pontic steppes in what is now southwestern Russia and Ukraine, but their exact origins remain unclear.
To trace the elusive origins of the Scythians, a team of researchers examined one of the earliest examples from the Tunnug 1 mound, dating from the late ninth century BC. to.
The dismembered remains of at least one man and 18 horses were found in the grave, suggesting that they were sacrificed in honor of a nobleman buried there.
The bones were found along with Scythian animal artefacts and equestrian equipment. This suggests that the funeral rite was an early example of the funeral rites of the late Scythians described in classical texts thousands of miles to the west.
The presence of “Scythian-style” tombs as far east as Tuva suggests that the origins of Scythian culture, long shrouded in obscurity, lie on the other side of the Eurasian steppes and highlights the mobility of early equestrian cultures. scientists noted.
Previously in Kazakhstan dig Scythian pyramid.