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The Pazyryk Burials are a group of Iron Age tombs, or kurgans, located in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, associated with the nomadic Pazyryk culture. Dating from the 5th to the 3rd century BCE, the permafrost conditions preserved organic materials like intricate tattoos on mummified human remains,...
The Arzhan Kurgans are early Saka royal burials in Tuva, Russia, notable for 9th to 8th century BCE evidence of early Scythian elite culture.
Solokha Kurgan is a Scythian royal mound in Ukraine, notable for an intact 1912 excavation that yielded the Hermitage's gold comb with warriors.
Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994) was a prominent Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research on the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of Europe. She formulated the Kurgan hypothesis, which posits that the Proto-Indo-European language originated in the Pontic-Caspian steppe...
Chortomlyk Kurgan is a 4th century BCE Scythian royal mound near the Dnieper, notable for its silver amphora showing Scythian horse scenes.
