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Scythian gold : treasures from ancient Ukraine / Ellen D. Reeder, editor ; with essays by Esther Jacobson [and others].

New York : Harry Abrams in association with the Walters Art Gallery and the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1999.

352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm

"Scythian Gold and the exhibition it accompanies, "Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine," present the most important Scythian gold objects in Ukraine, many of which were discovered only in the last two decades. This exhibition and catalogue combine an analysis of these pieces with an overview of recent advances in our understanding of Scythian culture."--Jacket.

Muzeĭ istorychnykh koshtovnosteĭ Ukraïny -- Exhibitions.

Instytut arkheolohiï (Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny) -- Exhibitions.

Goldwork, Scythian -- Exhibitions.

Decoration and ornament -- Animal forms -- Exhibitions.

Goldwork -- Ukraine -- Kyïv -- Exhibitions.

Goldwork, Scythian -- Ukraine -- Exhibitions.

Decoration and ornament -- Animal forms -- Ukraine -- Exhibitions.

Antiquities -- Ukraine.

Ukraine -- Antiquities.

Exhibition catalogs.

Reeder, Ellen D.

Jacobson, Esther.

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)

San Antonio Museum of Art.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, November 7, 1999-January 30, 2000 and others.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-348) and index.

Foreword / Gary Vikan, Gerry Scott III and Serhii Chaikovs'kyi / [and others] -- Preface / Ellen D. Reeder -- Satellite Map of Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Essays. Scythia and the Scythians / Lada Onyshkevych. Scythian Art / Ellen Reeder. Early Nomadic Sources for Scythian Art / Esther Jacobson. The Workshop of the Gorytos and Scabbard Overlays / Michael Treister. Burial Mounds of the Scythian Aristocracy in the Northern Black Sea Area / P.P. Tolochko and S.V. Polin. A Short Note on Scythians in the History of Ukraine / V.I. Murzin. Scythian Culture in the Central Dnipro Areas / Tetiana Bohush and Halyna Buzian. The National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The Iron Age Collection / Svitlana Korets'ka and Liudmyla Strokova. Scythian Gold in the Museum of Historical Treasures / Olena Pidvysots'ka -- The Catalogue. Bratoliubivs'kyi Kurhan. Babyna Mohyla. Soboleva Mohyla -- Maps: Civilizations of the Ancient World, Excavation Sites of Objects in the Exhibition -- Selected Ancient Sources Relating to Scythians.

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