The site resembles the Scythian burials described by Herodotus, including the "phantom horsemen"—vertically installed figures ...
It dates to the transition between the Bronze and Iron ages ... though, the Scythians did not necessarily choose the finest ...
It is thought the hoard was buried by Scythian or Chinese nomads at the beginning of the Christian era. Sarianidi was an expert in the rich Bronze Age civilizations of Bactria, later occupied by ...