L'Or des Scythes. Trésors de l'Ermitage, Léningrad. Gréco-romain and the social organization on

and the social organization on earth

In this last volume

but also the personality of Ramses II and his "dream of absolute power"

terracottas and in particular the Iznik workshop which evolved towards polychromy

the Turks constructed a legend about the founding of the city and its symbolic center

L'Or des Scythes. Trésors de l'Ermitage, Léningrad. Gréco-romain and the social organization onDespite its title, this catalogue not only presents the gold objects of the Scythian culture, but also carved wood, bronzes, some terracotta, felt objects from the 5th 4th centuries BC that have been preserved thanks to frost, etc. It presents the history of the Scythian civilization as an introduction. Following this, the descriptive sheets for each object provide the pretext for a more in depth study of the different facets of this civilization.