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Resources with Additional Information

The following resources are likely to be incredibly helpful for anyone who is interested in portraying a Scythian persona.

Online Resources

• OpenBioMaps: Eurasian Kurgan Database

Museum Websites/Tours

• Hermitage Museum virtual tour
• National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan virtual tour
• Muzeul Național de Istorie a României virtual tour of the exhibit "Dacia: Ultima Frontierâ a Romanitâții"
  • and landing page for the exhibit

Recreation/Reenactment

• Amages Drachen, a German reenactment organization focusing on Scythian and Sarmatian portrayals.
• Sarmatian in the SCA, a blog from Aritê gunê Akasa, a SCAdian in Calontir researching Sarmatian history and culture.
• Pelican Medallion for Ollamh Lanea, a project by Bran Mydwynter, a SCAdian in Atlantia.

An Tir Arts & Sciences

• 2020 Bling-Off Challenge Scythian Edition, a project by Constance Davies, a SCAdian in An Tir.
• Scythian Adventures, a website of Scythian-related projects by Vivien NicUldoon, a SCAdian in An Tir.
• Scythian Hat and Other Projects, a collection of Scythian arts projects by Susanna Herst, a SCAdian in An Tir.

Personal Names

• Articles on ancient Iranian names from the Academy of St. Gabriel.
• Aritê gunê Akasa, List: Personal Names. Sarmatian in the SCA blog.
• Abaev, V.I. (1949; reprinted 2012). Scythian language. Nartamongae. IX(1-2), pp. 7-114.

Print Resources (Some with Online Versions/Access)

Ancient Sources

• Herodotus, Histories. Available digitally in English translation at the Perseus Digital Library (Book 4 section 1 is linked) and at https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hh/index.htm.

Academic Sources

• Cernenko, E.V., McBride, A., & Gorelik, M.V. (1983). The Scythians: 700-300 B.C. Men-at-Arms Series, Osprey.
• Cunliffe, B. (2019). Scythians: Nomad warriors of the steppe. Oxford UP.
• MacFarland, K. (2017). Religious and ritualized landscapes of Iron Age north central Eurasia. PhD dissertation, U Arizona. Available at academia.edu.
• Mayor, A. (2014). The Amazons: Lives & Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World. Princeton UP. Publisher web page.
• Pankova, S., & Simpson, S.J., eds. (2021). Masters of the steppe: The impact of the Scythians and later nomad societies of Eurasia: Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017. Publisher web page.
• Polosmak, N.B. (2001). Vsadniki Ukoka. Infolio-Press.
• Polosmak, N.B., & Pankova, L.L. (2005). Kostûm i tekstil' pazyrykcev Altaâ (IV-III B.C.E.). Infolio.
• Rudenko, S.I. (1970). Frozen tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk burials of iron-age horsemen. UC Press. Available to borrow/read digitally at archive.org.
• Wang, B., et al. (1999). The ancient corpses of Xinjiang: The peoples of ancient Xinjiang and their culture. CIP.
• Wang, B., et al. (2016). Textile treasures of Zaghunluq. Abegg-Stiftung and Cultural Relics Press.

Exhibit Catalogs

• Alekseev, A. (2012). The gold of the Scythian kings in the Hermitage Museum. Hermitage. Available at academia.edu.
• Aruz, J., et al. (2000). The golden deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian treasures from the Russian steppes. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Publisher web page.
• Aruz, J., et al. (2007). The golden deer of Eurasia: Perspectives on the steppe nomads of the ancient world. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available from metmuseum.org.
• Aruz, J., & Fino, E.V. (2012). Afghanistan: Forging civilizations along the Silk Road. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available from metmuseum.org.
• Bunker, E.C. (2002). Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes: The Eugene V. Thaw and other notable New York collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available from metmuseum.org.
• Bunker, E.C., Kawami, T.S., & Linduff, K.M. (1997). Ancient bronzes of the eastern Eurasian steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation. Publisher web page.
• Chang, C., & Kuroff, K.S. (2006). Of gold and grass: Nomads of Kazakhstan, treasures of the Kazakh steppe. Mosaic.
• Piotrovsky, B. (1973). From the lands of the Scythians: Ancient treasures from the museums of the USSR, 3000 BC - 100 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available from metmuseum.org.
• Reeder, E., & Jacobson, E. (1999). Scythian gold. Harry N. Abrams.
• Roberts, R. (2021). Gold of the great steppe. Paul Holberton. Publisher web page.
• Simpson, S.J., & Pankova, S., eds. (2017). Scythians: Warriors of ancient Siberia. Thames & Hudson/The British Museum. Available at academia.edu.

Reenactor Sources

• Esposito, G. (2024). Armies of the Scythians and Sarmatians 700 BC to AD 450: Weapons, equipment & tactics. Pen & Sword. Publisher web page.