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Title: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: davidb on May 31, 2017, 01:52:23 PM

Don't know if this has been posted.

http://mongolschinaandthesilkroad.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-scythians-are-coming-to-british.html

If it hasn't. Does this actually mean I scooped Holly?

Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Duncan Head on May 31, 2017, 02:12:00 PM

See http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=2769.0

Beat you by a couple of hours - but your link has some nicer pics.

Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Dangun on May 31, 2017, 02:57:35 PM

Interesting.
But does the attribution of the gold plaque to 400-350BC strike you as odd?
An entirely base-less and "gut" reaction, but the quality looks unexpectedly high.

Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Duncan Head on May 31, 2017, 03:25:31 PM

I've seen it dated to "4th century" - an overlapping range. I'm not sure which site that one's from.

Title: Re: Scythian Exhibit at the British Museum
Post by: Tim on May 31, 2017, 08:08:01 PM

I think I know what I will doing on one of my days off...

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