Golden man, Issyk burial ground
Central Asia Museums, National Museum of Kazakhstan, AstanaIssyk Burial Ground
"Golden man" found in 1969-1970 in the result of the archeological excavations in Issyk burial ground near Almaty city under the leadership of the archeologist Kemal Akishev is the masterpiece of jewellery art of ScytheSaka "Animal" style. Golden decorations of the "Golden man" dated back to IV-III Century B.C. The reconstruction of the "Golden man" was made in the 80-s and there are more than four thousand golden plates counted on his clothing produced in "Animal style", and they were manufactured in different metalworking techniques such as casting, forging, stamping, embossing, engraving, graining, pressing and carving. Decorating objects of the Saka chieftain compounds in complex the unique composition - they are high artistic and original performances of jewellery art of antiquity.
Saka tribes inhabited the territory of Central Asia and Kazakhstan in VIII-IV Century B.C. In ancient Persian ahemenids' cuneal sources was written about three big groups of Saka tribes. They are: Saka-tigrahauda (wearing pointed headdresses), Saka-haomowarga (making a drink Haom) and Saka-tiai-para-daraiya (living beyond the lake).
Supplementary images:
Golden man, Issyk burial ground
Click here: thesimpleanswers.com/the-true-cross/
