Scythian Gold Griffins


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This is an example of Scythian Gold excavated from an earth mound outside the town of Ordzhonikidze in the southern Ukraine. Image from Prof. John Haskins' Slide

This is an example of Scythian Gold excavated from an earth mound outside the town of Ordzhonikidze in the southern Ukraine. Image from Prof. John Haskins' Slide Collection http://www.pitt.edu/~haskins/group10/group10.html

We can consider this to the Bum Biter art that we see in Persian Carpets.

For Further Reading:

Persian Rugs and Carpet

Turkish Rugs

Turkmen Rugs

JBOC's Notes on the Bible

Southwest Asia Time Line

Caucasian Rugs

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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