Scythian Art

Scythian deer from about 700-500 B.C. It is made out of gold, and it's now in St. Petersburg.

For more about Scythian art, check out these books from Amazon.com or in your library:

The Golden Deer of Eurasia, by Joan Aruz of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000). Exhibit catalogue, along with a sophisticated discussion about the relationship between nomads and settled people in Central Asia, and the effect of trade between them on their art.

Scythian Gold, by Ellen Reeder (1999). Catalogue of an great exhibit of Scythian material from Ukrainian museums, which was shown at the Met in New York, among other places.