A mounted warrior carved in stone.
This weathered relief, displayed in the garden of the Kastamonu Archaeology Museum in Türkiye, depicts a mounted warrior on an architectural pedestal — a striking survival of ancient military imagery.
A Scythian gold-plated bowl from the royal kurgan of Solokha, dating to the 4th century BC. Discovered in one of the most famous Scythian elite burials, it reflects the extraordinary craftsmanship and wealth of the Scythian aristocracy.
A masterpiece of 1st-century Sarmatian goldwork. Discovered in the Khokhlach burial mound, this diadem blends Scythian traditions with Hellenic influence—gold, precious stones, sacred animals, a tree of life, and a central amethyst bust. Now in the Hermitage Museum.
A 2,300-year-old gold ring mirrors the famous coinage of ancient Ephesus: a bee, stag and palm tree — symbols of Artemis. Such rings may have been sacred souvenirs from the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Getty Museum
The Trialeti Chalice, a remarkable silver cup from the Trialeti-Vanadzor culture, dating to the 18th–17th centuries BCE. Its two friezes show 22 masked men carrying cups in procession above nine deer moving around the vessel. National Museum of Georgia. Photo: Carole Raddato.