Ancient Siberian hunter
Illustrations/Osprey General - Let's keep it ancient
Bronze Age
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During the Seima-Turbino phenomena, which saw rapid spread of new metalworking technology from Finland to Mongolia
Karasuk Culture. Early Indo-European migrations into Southern Siberia.
Pazyryk Culture
Pazyryk chieftain/noble. This image doesn't show it, but they used to attach the cut off jaws of their enemies to the horse's harness
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Tattoos of a Pazyryk noble
Bronze age warrior of Ob forrest-steppe
Taiga warrior. Here, horses are replaced with skis.
To protect against deadly arrow wounds in close quarters taiga warfare, heavy lamellar armor is worn.
Still used by Siberian natives until recently
Kulai culture of Southern Ob. IV c. bc
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Heavy armored Kulai.
Hun noble. The elongated head is a symbol of prestige
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Heavily armoured Tashtyk warrior. Although initially Europoid, at the time the middle Yenisei area was being taken over by the mongoloid Yenisei Kyrgyz.
Tashtyk are also famous for their funerary masks
Kulai leader
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Early Turks
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Yenisei Kirgiz
Ostyak prince
That's it for today
A traditional Warrior of the Wassabian delegation of the Cherokee tribe