- Solokha
:"Solokha is also the name of a witch in
Rimsky-Korsakov 's operaThe Night Before Christmas .":"Solokha is also a hamlet at coord|49.969|N|34.330|E|."The Solokha ( _uk. Солоха)
kurgan is on the left bank of theDnepr , 18 km fromVelikaya Znamenka (oppositeNikopol ). It has a height of 19 m and a diameter of about 100 m, dating to the early4th century BC . It contained two royal Scythian tombs, the central tomb had been robbed already in antiquity, but still contained the remains of a female ruler and two horses in rich attire, while the side tomb was found intact by the 1912-1913 campaign by Russian archaeologist N. I. Veselovski. The tomb is notable because it confirmed the historicity of an account ofHerodotus .The intact lateral tomb yielded spectacular treasures. It contained the remains of a male ruler, completely covered in gold. He had been buried with his weapon bearer, a servant and five horses. He was armed with bronze greaves, a bronze helmet, and a sword in a sheath covered with gold sheets and a quiver covered in silver containing 80 bronze arrowheads.The most notable find in the grave, however, was a golden
comb with an extremely detailed group of three fighting warriors worked in gold. The comb, as well as other finds, are part of theHermitage Museum 's holdings of Scythian art.The site is in an area where according to Herodotus the "royal Scythians" buried their kings, the land of
Gerrhos , corresponding approximately to the modernZaporizhia Oblast .Literature
*Schiltz, Véronique, "Kelermès et Solokha", Les Dossiers d'archéologie ISSN 1141-7137, no 259 (2000-2001), 20-23.
External links
*http://hermitage.informbureau.com/the_hermitage_-_the_department_of_prehistoric_culture.htm
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