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In 1897, Professor Nikolay Veselovsky, a Russian archaeologist and orientalist, specializing in the history and archaeology of Central Asia, uncovered one of the greatest archaeological finds of recent history in a small North-Western Caucuses town called Maykop. The Maykop Mound, or Chieftain’s Grave, contained countless ancient riches and spoils from a previously unheard-of Bronze Age civilization. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"95053","attributes":{"alt":"Comparison with similar artefacts from other cultures roughly contemporary with the 4th-3rd-century Maykop culture of the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. (LibReddit)","class":"media-image","height":"291","style":"width: 610px; height: 291px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Comparison with similar artefacts from other cultures roughly contemporary with the 4th-3rd-century Maykop culture of the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. ( LibReddit ) The Multiple Marvels of the
