Ukraine: Scythian gold pectoral, 4th century BCE. Scythian golden pectoral from the royal grave at Tovsta Mohyla kurgan, 4th century BCE. It shows the three tiers of Scythian mythology: the Inner Earth, the Astral-Cosmic sphere and innermost the inhabited world. Museum of Historic Treasures of Ukraine, Kiev. Image released to the press in 2009.

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