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Travel to ancient Kazakhstan, without leaving Cambridgeshire 🇰🇿
@FitzMuseum_UK's new #SakaGold exhibition opens today in Cambridge
I went for a preview 📻 https://t.co/Ox7sn6Hqwi
As part of opening events for Gold of the Great Steppe exhibition at @FitzMuseum_UK, two leading Kazakh archaeologists, Professor Zainolla Samashev & Professor Abdesh Toleubayev, will be giving a guest lecture at @Cambridge_Uni’s @KingsSilkRoads: https://t.co/JnpB2MJmrZ #SakaGold
Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see these beautiful objects, previously hidden from view for over 2,700 years, that uncover so much about the Saka people. #SakaGold
Gold of the Great Steppe opens 28th Sept! Book your tickets now ✨🎟https://t.co/h6MFINMHTP
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To celebrate @FitzMuseum_UK's new exhibition, 'Gold of the Great Steppe', we are also sharing a beautiful and shiny gold✨#SakaGold
🕰️Mantel clock, 1771
Gilt bronze and Levanto rosso marble
68.5 x 59 x 33.8 cm
@WallaceMuseum
The Saka people were expert equestrians 🐴 often taking their beloved horses with them to the grave and the afterlife beyond, dressed in elaborate burial outfits.
Drawing reconstruction of horse in full riding tack.
Around 500-300 BC.
#SakaGold