At the British Museum
Nick Richardson: The Scythians, 19 October 2017
“... most prominently, but a lot of what we know about them we know because the graves they were so keen to defend have been ransacked and their contents – in many cases well preserved by permafrost – brought to light. Fourth-century BCE gold buckle These graves, or kurgans (their Slavic name), provided rich pickings for grave-robbers until looting ... ”