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Dugout boat, 3rd millennium BCE.
7.55 m. long.
Found at vill. of Shuur’e, Voronezh obl., Don R. region.
Ceramics of forest and forest-steppe zone.
4th-3rd millennium BCE. (Kul’turno-istoricheskoi obshchnosti iamochno-grebenchatoi keramiki).
On left: Shasarskogo tipa.
Metallurgy of the Eurasian steppes, 2nd millennium BCE.
Stone mould for casting.
Metallurgy of the Eurasian steppes, 2nd millennium BCE. Daggers.
Sosnovo-Mazinskii treasure, vill. of Sosnovaia maza, Saratov obl.
Incense burner and necklace of boar tusks and other animal teeth.
Afanas’ev culture, 3rd millennium BCE.
Malye Kopeny graves, Khakassko-Minusinsk Basin, S. Siberia.
Dish.
Afanas’ev culture, 3rd millennium BCE.
Malye Kopeny graves, Khakassko-Minusinsk Basin, S. Siberia.
         Ceremonial pin and spear points from burial probably of a wealthy warrior, 1st half 2nd millennium BCE.
Vill. of Borodino, near Belgorod, Dnestrovsky region (Ukraine).
Grivna and mirrors, 7th-3rd c. BCE.
Ananinsk culture.
Swords.
7th-3rd c. BCE., Ananinsk culture.
Also, arrow points and other objects from related sites.

Objects from Maierovsk III cemetary, barrow 4, burial 3, Volgograd obl. (excavated 2002).
Cup.
Silver. H. 5.5 cm., Dia. 18.4 cm.
Achaemenid period (6th-5th c. BCE), but with Phoenician features.
Kazbek treasure, Tbilisi gub., Caucasus.
Smirnov, no. 13, p. 7.
Helmet.
Bronze.
1st millennium BCE.
Western Georgia (Kutaisi), Caucasus.
Handle of knife, wrapped in gold foil.
Early Iron Age. Berel’sk barrow, Altai Mountains.
Object with carved animal decoration.
Bol’shoi Kostandinsk barrow.
Cauldron of Eurasian nomads.
Bronze.
5th c. BCE-2nd c. CE. Siberia.
Cauldron of Eurasian nomads.
Bronze.
5th c. BCE-2nd c. CE. Popov farmstead, Elanskaia stanitsa, Don obl.
Weapon head.
Minusinsk okrug, Enisei prov.
Mirror and cap with ibex.
Bronze.
Tagar culture, 7th-3rd c. BCE. Vill. of Samokhval.
Handle for dish, with lion head decoration.
Khwarezm, 5th-2nd c. BCE.
Sword hilt and scabbard (details), with gold foil decoration.
Aral region Saka culture, 7th-5th c. BCE.
S. Tagisken cemetary, barrow 53.
Early nomad (ca. 6th c. BCE) gold ornaments.
Artifacts from nomad burials of the S. Urals region, 6th-5th c. BCE.
Mirror.
Scythian culture, N. Black Sea coast and Kuban region, 7th-5th c. BCE
Mirror, bits and other metal objects.
Scythian culture, N. Black Sea Coast and Kuban region, 7th-5th c. BCE, Staraia mogila barrow.
Bottles.
Glass.
Scythian. 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE.
S.W. Crimea, Bel’bek IV cemetary.
Flask with man’s head.
Clay pottery.
Scythian. 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE.
Crimea.
Pot with animal-shaped handle.
Clay pottery.
Scythian, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE.
Crimea.
Sarcophagus.
Marble. 4th-3rd c. BCE.
Found near Stanitsa Tamanskaia, Krasnodar region.
Miscellaneous objects.
Middle Oka region, 3rd-7th c. CE.