Scythian
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- adjective
- /ˈsɪθiən/
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escita
- Finds demonstrate that the hilltop was settled as early as the Bronze Age, and by the eighth century B.C. there were fortifications where the citadel now stands, perhaps a response by the local population to Scythian incursions.
- Scythian burial
- Scythian land
Examples
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Currently available archaeological material suggests that the position of women in Scythian kinship relations and the question of matrilineality remain controversial.
Academic text (2000) -
Accounts of classical historiographers such as Herodotus and Diodorus are not very helpful for understanding the social structures of Scythian society.
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But the Scythian attachment to horses did have its limits.
Academic text (2002) -
Someone was studying Scythian influences on the working of leather in medieval Poland.
Fiction book (1995) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Artist's rendering of some of the elaborately costumed horses that were led to a Scythian nobleman's burial site in modern-day Kazakhstan's Altai Mountains.
Academic text (2002) -
The music in Love and Death, the "Lieutenant Kizhi Suite," "Alexander Nevsky," and the "Scythian Suite" is by Sergei Prokofiev, the same composer whose works are heard in Sergei Eisenstein's film masterpieces.
Academic text (1992) -
Archaeological findings reveal that Scythian art often depicted horses in dynamic poses.
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The Scythian culture is known for its intricate metalwork and nomadic lifestyle.
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Researchers are examining the Scythian burial practices to understand their beliefs about the afterlife.
Compounds
- Specialized
An old Iranian speech used by ancient Scythians in the Eurasian steppes and now extinct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scythian as an adjective comes from the old Greek name Skuthēs and is used to describe anything 'from the Scythians', such as their culture, objects, or language.