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Tombs as Time Capsules
Besides Trash Heaps, We Have Kurgans
Imagine walking through while they were digging and building.
First chamber: warriors carefully arrange their chief's golden pectoral, gleaming with scenes of daily life.
Second chamber: servants position horses in pairs, their leather harnesses still creaking as they're arranged around the edges.
Third chamber: artisans lay an iron shield, topped with a magnificent golden stag catching the last rays of sunlight.
Finally, reach the heart - the chief himself, adorned in full regalia.
Watch as people pile earth above, creating a mound that will stand among the steppes for millennia, a message from the Scythians to us.