Belt buckle with paired felines attacking ibexes, ca. 3rd–2nd century B.C., Mongolia or southern Siberia, Xiongnu, Gold, 2.62 x 3.12 in. (6.65 x 7.92 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments, During the first millennium B.C., many horse-riding nomadic tribes controlled the vast Eurasian steppes to the north of the Black and Caspian seas. Some of the nomadic groups—particularly Scythian tribes that lived in the plains north of the Black Sea—were described by the Greek historian Herodotus in his Histories
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Belt buckle, paired felines attacking ibexes, ca, 3rd–2nd century B.C, Mongolia, southern Siberia, Xiongnu, Gold, 2.62 x 3.12, 6.65 7.92 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, first millennium, horse-riding nomadic, tribes, controlled, vast Eurasian, steppes, north, Black, Caspian seas, nomadic groups—particularly, Scythian, lived, plains north, Black Sea—, described, Greek historian, Herodotus, Histories
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