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Scythian mummy found in Mongolia - dates back 2,500 years
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Hi Jools,

Quote: Apologies for coming in late to this discussion....
Not at all. Big Grin
Quote: The Koryak were nomadic herders of reindeer. They had a few horses, or rather ponies but on the whole must have fought on foot.
Or on dog sleds as you said earlier. Did they maybe use reindeer to pull the sleds?
Quote: With reference to the men wearing the armour, they are not actually 'warriors' but two of the expeditions guides who put on the stuff for a photo so your guess is as good as mine as to whether they have strapped the shields to their backs by accident or told 'thats how you carry them'.
As always, we're being 'duped' again to believe that the daring expedition managed to find 'real ancient-style warriors'! Instead, it's a rigged scene.
This reminds me of that scene at Dura Europos, with the (seemingly ill-fitting) horse armour draped across the modern Arab horse.. Cry
On the other hand, I recall pictures of Tibetan lamellar armour - 19th Century?
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re: The pugio in your picture - by Johnny Shumate - 08-26-2006, 12:08 AM
Re: re: The pugio in your picture - by Arthes - 08-26-2006, 08:42 AM
re - by Johnny Shumate - 08-26-2006, 11:05 PM
re: - by Johnny Shumate - 08-27-2006, 12:18 PM
Re: re: - by Robert Vermaat - 08-27-2006, 12:21 PM
re: - by Johnny Shumate - 08-27-2006, 01:29 PM
Re: Scythian mummy found in Mongolia - dates back 2,500 years - by Robert Vermaat - 09-15-2006, 07:26 AM

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