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Gold ornament from a Scythian tomb in Kostromskaya near the Black Sea.

Tattoo from the wrist of a woman, now popularly know as the "Ice Princess", found in a frozen grave in a kurgan in the Altai Mountains of Southern Siberia. (Click here for transcript of the Nova special about archaeologist Natalya Polosmak's discovery.)






From a gold plaque to be sewn on a garment. Note the bird heads. Ak-Mechet.








Bronze, from Seven Brothers tomb.










Plaque from Seven Brothers Tomb on the northern coast of the Black Sea.




Rock carving near the village of Thalpan, Indus Valley.






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