08-25-2006, 08:28 AM
Greetings,
I think this is a fantastic find and have posted the link to a new discussion group that specifically covers the Steppes/Euroasian peoples...
The Scythians or proto Scythians, I believe, could be the origins of the Centaur....so the the concept of a man who seemed to be partially horse and firing arrows was around long before 500bce...!
The mummified remains found in Xinjiang/Cherchen are evidence that Europeans had settled in the East around 3,000 years ago...so finding a possible Indo European warrior in this region would not be unusual. It could have been a result of intermarriage between two of the tribes of the Altai region or simply a case of burial outside of his home area...
Some of the burials classed as Scythian, have, in fact, shown signs of Eastern heritage....the other famous tatooed Scythian warrior was of Mongolian ancestry..ruling a Caucasian tribe by the look of it.
This is a page on tattoos, but gives some relative information Ancienttattooedpeople
regards
Arthes
I think this is a fantastic find and have posted the link to a new discussion group that specifically covers the Steppes/Euroasian peoples...
The Scythians or proto Scythians, I believe, could be the origins of the Centaur....so the the concept of a man who seemed to be partially horse and firing arrows was around long before 500bce...!
The mummified remains found in Xinjiang/Cherchen are evidence that Europeans had settled in the East around 3,000 years ago...so finding a possible Indo European warrior in this region would not be unusual. It could have been a result of intermarriage between two of the tribes of the Altai region or simply a case of burial outside of his home area...
Some of the burials classed as Scythian, have, in fact, shown signs of Eastern heritage....the other famous tatooed Scythian warrior was of Mongolian ancestry..ruling a Caucasian tribe by the look of it.
This is a page on tattoos, but gives some relative information Ancienttattooedpeople
regards
Arthes
Cristina
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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