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Gold jewelry with leopard and tiger designs unearthed in 2,400-year-old burial in Kazakhstan

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The high value of the fifth-century-B.C. artifacts found in Kazakhstan indicates that wealthy or even "royal" Sarmatians were buried there.

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Stunning 5th-Century BC Gold Bracelet Among 1,000 Treasures Found in Kazakhstan

A 5th-century B.C. gold bracelet designed with leopard head motifs, Kazakhstan. Credit: Akimat of Atyrau Region / gov.kz Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have unearthed a stunning 370-gram gold bracelet from the 5th century B.C., adorned with intricate depictions of mountain leopards. The discovery, made at the Karabau-2 burial mound in the Atyrau region, is among a trove of Sarmatian artifacts that shed new light on this ancient nomadic civilizatio…

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Gold jewelry with leopard and tiger designs unearthed in 2,400-year-old burial in Kazakhstan

The high value of the fifth-century-B.C. artifacts found in Kazakhstan indicates that wealthy or even "royal" Sarmatians were buried there.

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Ancient Burial Mounds in Kazakhstan Reveal Stunning Jewelry and Weapons

Striking gold jewelry and weapons made by Sarmatian nomads have been unearthed from three burial mounds in Kazakhstan that date to about the fifth century B.C.The discoveries suggest the western Atyrau region, just north of the Caspian Sea, was once a Sarmatian heartland.Archaeologist Marat Kassenov, who led the excavations, said in a translated statement that scientists had once considered Atyrau to be on the edges of the Sarmatian territories …

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2,400-Year-Old Gold Treasure Unearthed in Kazakhstan Leaves Experts Stunned

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have uncovered an extraordinary 2,400-year-old gold treasure, leaving experts stunned and rewriting what was previously known about the Sarmatian civilization. This significant find, buried within three ancient mounds in the Atyrau region near the Caspian Sea, includes finely crafted gold jewelry, weapons, and ceremonial artifacts. For years, scholars considered this region to […] The post 2,400-Year-Old Gold Treasur…

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