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Scythians with horses under a tree. Gold belt plaque. Siberia, 4th–3rd century BC. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 2017)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 4, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
London – The Scythian people, predecessors of the Mongols, ruled a massive area of the Eurasian steppe located between Northern China and the Black Sea, between the ninth and the second century B.C. Little has been known about their culture, until now. The...
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Russian special police gather in downtown Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 26, 2017. (AP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 19, 2017 | World
A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage in a Siberian city on Saturday, wounding seven people before police shot and killed him. A statement from Russia’s Investigative Committee said the mid-day attack took place on a central street in Surgut. The...
