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    Inside a Scythian Burial Mound

    When archaeologists recently began excavating a small burial mound in southern Russia they had low expectations.
    But to their surprise, they found two gold vessels, as well as an array of other gold objects, that made up one of
    the most elaborate Scythian hoards ever discovered. Below are images from the excavation showing the context
    of these spectacular finds.






    The Scythians built monumental grave mounds, or kurgans, all across the Eurasian
    steppe, an expanse that they dominated for most of the first millennium B.C.
    The gold artifacts were buried under this 12-foot-high hilltop kurgan, known to
    archaeologists as Sengileevskoe-2.




    The kurgan was violated by grave robbers centuries ago, but the looters missed a
    stone-lined chamber under a thick layer of clay. Though a few small human bones
    were found in the chamber, archaeologists think the kurgan wasn't the final resting
    place of a Scythian noble or warrior. Rather, it may have been a cenotaph, a
    memorial or tomb to honor someone whose body lay elsewhere.




    Inside the chamber, archaeologists discovered the two gold vessels nested together
    and placed upside-down. Beneath the vessels were still more gold objects, including
    armbands, a ring, and three smaller gold cups. In all the gold weighed more than
    seven pounds.




    Likely produced by a Greek goldsmith, the scenes on the exterior of this vessel depict
    griffins attacking a stag and a horse. The workmanship is on par with and extraordinarily
    similar to that of another gold artifact, a gold breastplate found in 1971 nearly 300 miles
    from Sengileevskoe-2.



    Source: http://www.archaeology.org/slideshow...ound-slideshow



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    Did somebody say "Kurgan"?



    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6gGiI7Jqs



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    That bad guy creeped me out!

    That gold vessel is gorgeous. Seven pounds. whew!

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    That bad guy creeped me out!
    Aragorn, that was like a bucket of cold water.

    That gold vessel is gorgeous. Seven pounds. whew!
    Back in the days of old, they never spared the gold, pity it's been stolen and melted away, of late.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    That bad guy creeped me out!
    Clancy Brown is quite an experienced and seasoned actor, but his role as the Kurgan in the original Highlander movie from 1986 is what has really made him immortal — pun not intended, although this in itself is a comment that only those familiar with the Highlander franchise will understand, of course.

    If you've never seen the movie, then I seriously recommend that you find yourself a copy somewhere, but I'll give you a short introduction — off-topic for this thread as it may be, but I'll include a disclaimer at the bottom. Those who aren't interested can now skip to the next post.





    The Highlander story centers around Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) of the Clan MacLeod, who is mortally wounded (by the Kurgan) in a battle between the MacLeods and the Clan Fraser in the Highlands of Scotland in 1536. Even though he appears to die of his wounds, he is fully healed by the next day, and walking around as if nothing had happened. He himself does not understand how this came to be, but his clansmen — seriously under the influence of Catholicism — accuse him of being in league with Lucifer, and he is driven away from his village.

    A few years later, he has settled down as a blacksmith and has found himself a beautiful and loving wife, Heather. One day, a strange and overdressed character arrives at his home, introducing himself as Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery). Ramirez informs MacLeod that he and MacLeod are both Immortals, and teaches him everything there is to know about what that means. For instance, Immortals cannot die unless they are beheaded, and if that happens at the hands of another Immortal, then this other Immortal will get their power, called the Quickening.

    Ramirez tells MacLeod that there will come a time, called the Gathering, when all Immortals still alive will feel an irresistible pull toward a faraway land, where the few who remain will battle to the last over the Prize — the combined power of all Immortals who ever lived, which is enough power to rule the world forever. He also warns MacLeod that if the Kurgan wins, mankind will suffer an eternity of darkness.

    The movie switches between the (then) present — i.e. 1985 — and the past by way of clever cinematic transitions. It starts in the present, where Connor MacLeod — under the name Russell Nash — is attending a wrestling match at Madison Square Garden, but he feels the presence of another Immortal and then descends into the underground parking garage, where this other Immortal will confront him; a confrontation which leads to a rather epic sword fight. The movie opens with red text on a black background, with a voice-over from Sean Connery.

    Most of the music for this movie — including the opening theme, which was also used for the spin-off series revolving around another character from the clan MacLeod — was written and performed by Queen, and includes Brian May's "Who Wants To Live Forever" and "It's A Kind Of Magic", both of which turned into radio hits.


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    The Highlander movie is one of my favorites. Parts two and three were both not up to the first with the second seeming to have little connection to the first. There was a TV series that was quite good for a few seasons but toward the end the writers seemed to lose a plot and it became bizarre. Christopher Lambert made occasional appearances and lent the series some validity. I have a Highlander t-shirt with an array of different swords arranged in a circular pattern on the front. On the back it reads, There Can Be Only One.

    The TV series character was also a McCleod. Duncan McCleod palyed by Adrian Paul, a handsome man with very good martial arts skills that were used frequently and well choreographed. Connor and Duncan are cousins in the series. Here is a minute and a half clip of the cousins sparring with their swords. Ladies, tell me what you think of Duncan, the man with the ponytail.

    If you click to go to you tube, a list of the shows will be on the right. Whole shows without commercials. Each about 49 minutes.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    That bad guy creeped me out!

    That gold vessel is gorgeous. Seven pounds. whew!
    The Scythians were renowned gold workers and I had a book featuring their exquisite work. Gold was the material they used for their finest work. To say is was "lLikely produced by a Greek goldsmith", is typical of the coverup of any Survivor type cultures. Quackademics. Greeks and Romans, civilized and skilled, all others were crude barbarians in their mindset. The effort to hide history seems more pronounced today. The book I had in the 80's from Time-Life, was filled with pages of a highly skilled artisan class. All credit given to Scythians.

    Of course, the Scythians were up in Russian areas. There is a serious issue the West has with Russia and it seems rooted in jealousy. Other factors certainly pertain but, the Parasite/Survivor battle line seems to be drawn there. The indigenous peoples of other continents were conquered. Russia is the hold-out.
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    Quote Originally posted by modwiz View Post
    The Scythians were renowned gold workers and I had a book featuring their exquisite work. Gold was the material they used for their finest work. To say is was "lLikely produced by a Greek goldsmith", is typical of the coverup of any Survivor type cultures. Quackademics. Greeks and Romans, civilized and skilled, all others were crude barbarians in their mindset. The effort to hide history seems more pronounced today. The book I had in the 80's from Time-Life, was filled with pages of a highly skilled artisan class. All credit given to Scythians.

    Of course, the Scythians were up in Russian areas. There is a serious issue the West has with Russia and it seems rooted in jealousy. Other factors certainly pertain but, the Parasite/Survivor battle line seems to be drawn there. The indigenous peoples of other continents were conquered. Russia is the hold-out.
    Amen to that. Sylvie has opened quite a few eyes in this regards, and what happened to Tartaria? It's wearing it thin with calling everything Greek or Roman.

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    Quote Originally posted by Elen View Post
    Amen to that. Sylvie has opened quite a few eyes in this regards, and what happened to Tartaria? It's wearing it thin with calling everything Greek or Roman.
    And they use words to create a curtain. Look at the opening sentence and a fragment of the second.

    When archaeologists recently began excavating a small burial mound in southern Russia they had low expectations.
    But to their surprise,
    And then to complete they bamboozle the throw in, Likely produced by a Greek goldsmith. And....there are only six sentences to the whole report as found in the OP.

    What irks me is this is called scholarly work when its main purpose is propaganda with nice pictures. Sure, they tell the real location and the culture there correctly but, they then add their "color" so one comes away thinking Greek work was found in Russia. It infers that the people there were incapable. This is politics and, not science.
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    The knowledge Goddess states these people started as gentle Ocean dwelling shiwrights, who travels only on routes to get to the Blatics originally,then migrated to some inner Slavic race whom they fought. The Fallacy is that they had Greek origins, but were citizens of Minoa, to begin with there were some of a more evil nature, who sold the better ones to slavery, and thus some itinerent ones moved close to where signs of life is being found now. It's a toss up whether these who moved here were gentle or not, but the tradition links to Minoa, with lines on it to claim I am not one of them.

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    Quote Originally posted by Cearna View Post
    The knowledge Goddess states these people started as gentle Ocean dwelling shiwrights, who travels only on routes to get to the Blatics originally,then migrated to some inner Slavic race whom they fought. The Fallacy is that they had Greek origins, but were citizens of Minoa, to begin with there were some of a more evil nature, who sold the better ones to slavery, and thus some itinerent ones moved close to where signs of life is being found now. It's a toss up whether these who moved here were gentle or not, but the tradition links to Minoa, with lines on it to claim I am not one of them.
    Interesting information regarding the Minoans. Perhaps they were returning home? We know Alexander the Great was a Macedonian although most will think of him as Greek. Hmm, wonder how they got that idea?. Macedonians are a Slavic people.

    The Macedonians (Macedonian: Македонци; transliterated: Makedonci), also known as Macedonian Slavs[35][36] or Slavic Macedonians[37] are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia. They speak the Macedonian language, a South Slavic language. About two thirds of all ethnic Macedonians live in the Republic of Macedonia and there are also communities in a number of other countries.
    A
    nthropologically, Macedonians possess genetic lineages postulated to represent Balkan prehistoric and historic demographic processes.[65] Such lineages are also typically found in other South Slavs, especially Bulgarians, Serbs, Bosnians, Montenegrins, but also to the northern Greeks and Romanians
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedo...(ethnic_group)

    The similarities between Greek and Cyrillic script are well known. Except the official story is the St. Cyril appropriated it from Greek. Fomenko postulates that the Greeks have been blown out of all true historical proportions with regards to who they were and their influence on history. How did such a great people become what we find today? Same for the Romans. Are they like the Incas who are given credit for walls they did not build? Some of the cruder aqueducts are found in Rome, with exquisite examples found in other places of the world. France has better ones. The world famous Roman coliseum is shabby compared to ones found in Northern Africa and even Syria.

    Anyway................
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    Quote Originally posted by modwiz View Post
    Interesting information regarding the Minoans. Perhaps they were returning home? We know Alexander the Great was a Macedonian although most will think of him as Greek. Hmm, wonder how they got that idea?. Macedonians are a Slavic people.



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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedo...(ethnic_group)

    The similarities between Greek and Cyrillic script are well known. Except the official story is the St. Cyril appropriated it from Greek. Fomenko postulates tat the Greeks have been blown out of all true historical proportions with regards to who they were and their influence on history. How did such a great people become what we find today? Same for the Romans. Are they like the Incas who are given credit for walls they did not build? Some of the cruder aqueducts are found in Rome, with exquisite examples found in other places of the world. France has better ones. The world famous Roman coliseum is shabby compared to ones found in Northern Africa and even Syria.

    Anyway................
    Way to go modwiz, spread the word far and wide and with my blessing, repeat it as often as possible, maybe it will "sink in" eventually.

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    I always thought Christopher Lambert was a little funny looking. I found Adrian Paul quite dreamy. I loved both the movie and the TV series.

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    It's funny how many cultures without historical records built these mounds. There are 10,000 of them in the state of Ohio alone. They're all over Europe and Asia and Central America too.

    I'd like to see the artwork on that gold bucket. No doubt it depicts something significant to those people. It looks like it shows a large, winged animal on four legs attacking another large animal. They could be horses but the faces are obscured and the animal with wings looks to have a very narrow neck to be a horse, neither does the tail look like a horse's but more like a lion's. Looks like the winged animal's ding dong is also depicted (yes, that is the technical term) and he may be preparing to rape the second animal. It's a bizarre image for sure.

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    Why these strange chimerical beasts were significant to the ancients is something I've yet to understand.

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