Scythian Armour

[MeinPanzer]

thanks,
that clarifies a bit the bigger picture
have you seen the Berlin exhibit of the Arzan/Tuva culture findings?

Yeah, it was really incredible. I was pretty lucky, though, as I went on the last day of the exhibit while it was in Berlin before it moved on to Munich and I didn't even realize that several of the most famous pieces were only going to be on display in Berlin. If you want to find some more information on the Arzan finds, I would recommend that you buy the exhibition catalogue, which is titled "Im Zeichen des goldenen Greifen." The section in the exhibotion on the finds from that particular barrow was very well laid out.

I am as usual curious about the horses, horse tack, saddles, bits, armour and swords, but I read that the entirety of the finding is amaizing in scope and artistry..
Tarim Basin finds - in this Nova film part 4 on youtube - including the saddle from 8-6c BC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMLhPe8 ... re=related
while part 5 shows a bow - from 3rd century presumably - and various arrows - the bow has been since analized somewhat at this article
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Military/scythian_bow.htm

There are several really good books about the Tarim basin finds, including several pieces of weaponry (a few bows, that one in particular almost perfectly preserved).

By the way, one of the new Altai graves that was featured in the Berlin exhibit contained the first preserved bow found in a Pazyryk culture grave, though they only had a few pictures of it and they weren't too detailed.