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===Pazyryk-1=== Tomb number 1 at Pazyryk has numerous artifacts, including horses wearing deer antlers masks, or harnesses with human figures.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Эрмитаж.ОМП.Статья |journal=Edu.hermitage.ru |volume=State Hermitage Museum |url=https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/themes/1418492056/article/1418492060 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |access-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210144818/https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/themes/1418492056/article/1418492060 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tomb is dated to the 4th century BCE.<ref>{{cite web |title=Эрмитаж.ОМП.Галлерея |url=https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/gallery |website=edu.hermitage.ru |publisher=State Hermitage Museum |access-date=2023-12-10 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210155439/https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/gallery |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its main content was looted, but the area with horse sacrifices remained intact. It was excavated by Griaznov in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Golomshtok |first1=Eugene A. |last2=Griaznov |first2=M. P. |title=The Pazirik Burial of Altai |journal=American Journal of Archaeology |date=1933 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=30–45 |doi=10.2307/498038 |jstor=498038 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/498038 |issn=0002-9114|url-access=subscription }}</ref> <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> File:Ancient Siberian horse mask, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.jpg|Deer mask for a Pazyryk horse (Tomb 1).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Robert A. |title=Centaurs on the silk road: recent discoveries of Hellenistic textiles in western China |journal=Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292017418}}</ref> File:Pazyryk2.png|Horse harness with human figures, Pazyryk-1.<ref>{{cite web |title=Эрмитаж.ОМП.Статья |url=https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/themes/1418492056/article/1418492060 |website=edu.hermitage.ru |publisher=State Hermitage Museum |access-date=2023-12-10 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210144818/https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/themes/1418492056/article/1418492060 |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:Pazyryk.png|Human figure from a harness, Pazyryk-1 File:Pazyryk-1, decorated horse saddle, 4th century BCE.jpg|Decorated horse saddle, Pazyryk-1, 4th century BCE.<ref>{{cite web |title=Эрмитаж.ОМП.Галлерея |url=https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/gallery |website=edu.hermitage.ru |publisher=State Hermitage Museum |access-date=2023-12-10 |archive-date=2023-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210155439/https://edu.hermitage.ru/catalogs/1418203874/gallery |url-status=dead }}</ref> File:Felt band with Achaemenid-derived lion design. Pazyryk-1 tomb.jpg|Felt band with [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]]-derived lion design. Pazyryk-1 tomb.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankova |first1=Svetlana |last2=Simpson |first2=St John |title=Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia |date=1 January 2017 |publisher=British Museum |page=275, Item 189 |url=https://www.academia.edu/34533231}}</ref> File:Pazyryk-1, horse harness, saddle and wood shield.jpg|Pazyryk-1, horse harness, saddle and wood shield File:Hermitage Museum - 2015 Dec - IMG 2123 (r27).jpg|Sarcophagus from the burial chamber.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Golomshtok |first1=Eugene A. |last2=Griaznov |first2=M. P. |title=The Pazirik Burial of Altai |journal=American Journal of Archaeology |date=1933 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=30–45 |doi=10.2307/498038 |jstor=498038 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/498038 |issn=0002-9114}}</ref> </gallery>
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