• Excavating a Scythian Royal Burial Mound: Interview with Dr. Gino Caspari

  • Jan 9 2025
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

Excavating a Scythian Royal Burial Mound: Interview with Dr. Gino Caspari

  • Summary

  • Dr. Gino Caspari returns to discuss the extraordinary finds at his most recent excavation of an early (maybe the earliest) Scythian royal burial mound in Siberia! We discuss horse sacrifice, state formation, the earliest Scythians, and the trials of excavating in one of the more remote places on the planet.

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