Workmanship beyond warfare: The Scythian ‘paradox’ in gold-made artifacts
0The realm of the nomadic Scythians stretched all the way across the vast Eurasian steppes, with their center of power being mainly based along the regions of the Black Sea coast (in present-day Ukraine and southern Russia). Now, in terms of history, the rise of the ‘Europoid’ Scythians paralleled the adoption of unorthodox warfare and expertise in horsemanship, mainly from the period of 7th century BC till 3rd century BC. As a biblical prophet once made an ominous statement about these dangerous nomads from beyond the civilized lands – “they are always courageous, and their quivers are like an open grave. They will eat your harvest and bread, they will eat your sons and daughters, they will eat your sheep and oxen, they will eat your grapes and figs”.