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Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum submitted by dodomad : An exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence entitled ‘Gold of the Great Steppe’ has opened in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. The free exhibition runs until the end of January 2022 Photo credit: Press service of Fitzwilliam Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. With a large collection, the museum has five departments: Antiquities; Applied Arts; Coins and Medals; Manuscripts and Printed Books; and Paintings, Drawings and Prints.

Address: Trumpington Street, CB2 1RB
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00 am - 5.00 pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays: 12:00 - 17:00, Closed on other Mondays
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Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum submitted by dodomad : Recent discoveries - gold deer plaques. Gold of the Great Steppe free exhibition runs until the end of January 2022 Photo credit: Press service of Fitzwilliam Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum submitted by dodomad : Detail from Gold Belt Plaque, 2nd century BC, Western Han Dynasty. Excavated from Shizishan, Xuzhou. From th exhibition: The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China, 2012 Photo credit: Xuzhou Museum, Jiangsu Province via University of Cambridge (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum submitted by dodomad : In total, more than 15,000 pieces of gold jewellery and other valuable historical items have been unearthed. Gold of the Great Steppe free exhibition runs until the end of January 2022 Photo credit: Press service of Fitzwilliam Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gold of the Great Steppe free exhibition runs until the end of January 2022 by Andy B on Thursday, 14 October 2021
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The Saka culture of Central Asia, flourishing 2,500 years ago, is largely unknown outside Kazakhstan. This exhibition will present artefacts from the extraordinary burial mounds of the Saka people. The exhibition includes finds from three burial complexes in eastern Kazakhstan - Berel, Shilikti and Eleke Sazy - and from a settlement called Akbauyr. (See link for map and more details on the sites)

Recent excavations and analyses led by archaeologists from Kazakhstan have helped us understand much better how the Saka lived and travelled, the things they made and what they believed in. They have revealed a distinctive, advanced society, which is still being uncovered as modern archaeological methods enable scholars and scientists to find and analyse not only burial mounds but also the remnants of settlements.

The Saka occupied a landscape of seemingly endless steppe to the west, bounded by mountains to the east and south. Known as fierce warriors, they were also skilled craftspeople, producing intricate gold work. Their artistic language indicates their deep respect for the animals around them – both real and imagined. They dominated their landscapes with huge burial mounds of ambitious construction, burying elite members of their society with their horses.

This exhibition is be built around material from three different burial complexes in East Kazakhstan: Berel, Shilikty and Eleke Sazy. Saka society included agriculturalists, pastoralists, nomads, settled people, warriors, those engaging in ritual practice, with immense technological skill and deep knowledge of wild and tamed animals. Only now are we beginning to understand their culture and how it relates to the people who live in Central Asia today.

More details and booking for this free exhibition are here
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/visit-us/exhibitions/gold-of-the-great-steppe
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    Review - breathtaking exhibition reveals lives of history’s ‘barbarians’ by Andy B on Thursday, 14 October 2021
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    Gold of the Great Steppe - Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    From their astounding burial mounds to their dazzling horses dressed up as mythical beasts, this exhibition about Kazakhstan’s ancient nomads shows the power of archaeology to revive the dead

    A young archer was buried around 2,700 years ago in the foothills of the Tarbagatay mountains of eastern Kazakhstan. In 2018, his bones were found preserved in the permafrost, surrounded by exquisite ornaments and weapons: beautifully observed figures of deer, finely crafted holders for his bow and arrows and dagger, myriad tiny beads – “and everywhere”, as Howard Carter said of Tutankhamun’s tomb, “the glitter of gold”.

    Great archaeological discoveries don’t have to be full of gold, but it helps. That warm yellow metal catches your eye almost wherever you look in the Fitzwilliam’s stunning snapshot of archaeology in action. Gold scabbards, gold torques, gold animals – they all light up a display that also includes miraculously preserved felt and leather, as well as reconstructions of the ancient people of Kazakhstan in their woollen finery, on horses dressed up to resemble mythical beasts.

    And it is all new. Well, newly on show – most of the objects date from the eighth to sixth centuries BC, but they are freshly excavated. Many items were discovered just last year. The exhibition has been created in close collaboration with Kazakhstan’s archaeologists as they worked through lockdowns to head off tomb-raiders and ensure these ancient wonders are unearthed before global warming destroys the permafrost that preserves organic materials.

    It is moving to look on the gold traces that surround the dead archer, thought to have been 17 or 18 when he was buried. His bones are not here but his body is outlined by his funeral possessions. Archaeology has this power to let the dead speak to us across space and time – “and I rose from the dark”, as Seamus Heaney says in the voice of a victim in one of his vivid poems about ancient bog burials. This exhibition grasps and communicates the poetry of archaeology, giving plenty of scientific fact but preserving a lucid sense of encounter.

    More at
    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/23/gold-of-the-great-steppe-review-fitzwilliam-cambridge-barbarians
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    Ancient gold Kazakh treasures shed light on Saka people by Andy B on Thursday, 14 October 2021
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    Astounding gold artefacts belonging to a prehistoric nomadic warrior horse people are going on display in the UK for the first time.

    Many of the treasures were recently discovered in Saka burial mounds in East Kazakhstan - part of an ancient culture which is largely unknown outside the central Asian country.

    They left no written accounts of their beliefs and culture, but the latest archaeological techniques are starting to reveal their secrets.

    BBC News has been finding out more about the artefacts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, to discover who the Saka really were.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58487544
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More on the Tomb Treasures of Han China by Andy B on Wednesday, 09 May 2012
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The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China, running until November 11th 2012 features over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics in the largest and most important exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China.

The Han Dynasty established the basis for unified rule of China up to the present day. To maintain this hard-won empire the Han emperors had to engage in a constant struggle for power and legitimacy, with contests that took place on symbolic battlefields as much as on real ones. While written accounts provide an outline of these events, it is through the stunning archaeological discoveries of recent decades that the full drama and spectacle of this critical episode in Chinese history has been brought to life.

Dr Timothy Potts, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, commented: “It is impossible to overstate the importance of the Han Dynasty in the formation of a Chinese national culture and identity. At the time of the ancient Romans, the Han emperors were the first to unify a large part of the regions we now know as China under a sustained empire, which they ruled virtually unchallenged for 400 years.

“The Han Dynasty gave its name to the Chinese language, its script and the vast majority of the Chinese people. It was arguably the defining period of China’s history and the point of genesis for the China of today.

“The spectacular objects in this exhibition bring to Cambridge the finest treasures from the tombs of the Han royal family, the superb goldwork, jades and other exquisitely crafted offerings the kings chose to be buried with on their journey to the afterlife. For their artistry, refinement and pure beauty they rival anything from the ancient world.”

This pioneering exhibition will compare the spectacular tombs of two rival power factions: the Han imperial family in the northern ‘cradle’ of Chinese history, and the Kingdom of Nanyue in the south, whose capital in modern-day Guangzhou formed the gateway to the rich trade routes of the China Sea and Indian Ocean.

Objects from these tombs have never before been displayed together as a single exhibition. Through the exhibition it is revealed how, in both life and in death, Empire and Kingdom played a diplomatic game of cat and mouse, one to assert its supremacy, the other to preserve its autonomy.

More at
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-search-for-immortality-tomb-treasures-of-han-china/
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The Search for Immortality - the tomb treasures of Han Dynasty China by Andy B on Wednesday, 09 May 2012
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Featuring over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and earthenware, The Search for Immortality takes you into the 2000 year-old tombs of Han Dynasty China, revealing an epic story of lust for power both in life and death.

The Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) founded unified rule in China but to maintain their vast territory they endured constant struggles for supremacy, both within the empire and from without. In a world first, see the tomb finds of two rival power factions: the Han royal family and the Kingdom of Nanyue in southern China.

Both seeking control of the southern lands, their rivalry continued to the afterlife in tomb palaces of incredible wealth. See the treasures that proclaimed their power and discover how they aspired to eternal life.

A part of the London 2012 Festival, this is one of the most important exhibitions of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China. Unusually for important exhibitions of this type, admission is free so don't miss it.

http://www.tombtreasuresofhanchina.org/

with virtual exhibition here
http://www.tombtreasuresofhanchina.org/the-exhibition/virtual-exhibition/

The tombs of the Han Emperors, most of whom were buried around the capital of Chang’an (modern Xi’an), were probably looted in antiquity and none has been scientifically excavated in modern times. However, these are not the only Han royal tombs to have survived.

In the early 2nd century BC some of the closest and most trusted relatives of the Emperors were awarded territories within the Han realm over which they ruled as kings.

A number of these royal tombs in eastern China (especially around the Han family’s home town of Xuzhou) were discovered during road building and other projects or as a result of attempted robberies, and excavated in the 1980s and 90s. These excavations have provided a wealth of evidence about Han period tombs, funerary practices and their beliefs about the afterlife.

The Han emperors aspired to be seen as strong and successful rulers who left their mark on history. As such, among the most important of all imperial acts was preparing for an afterlife as comfortable and glorious as that enjoyed on earth.

A map of the tombs around Xuzhou
http://www.tombtreasuresofhanchina.org/the-exhibition/han-empire/the-han-royal-tombs/
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Re: Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum by Vicky on Thursday, 18 December 2003
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According to The Cambridge News online (18/12/2003), the Museum is to close for a revamp.

The museum shuts at 5pm on Sunday until May 31 next year so that staff can restore its galleries to their former glory after its £12 million revamp.

A spokeswoman for the Fitz said: "The closure is needed to get the galleries back into shape following the completion of the building phase of the Courtyard Development, which has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

"Behind the scenes, all staff from curators to gallery attendants will be rolling up their sleeves to join specialist contractors in tackling the wide range of jobs necessary both to make new spaces suitable for occupation by staff and restore galleries to their former glory."

Tasks include relocating offices, people and storage facilities, returning objects from loan or storage, unpacking and tracking them, and a major cleaning programme to conquer the builders' dust and get galleries and display cases in prime condition for the re-installation of the collections, ready for reopening in summer 2004.

Many of the museum's galleries - those displaying permanent collections ranging from paintings and furniture to ceramics and armour - will be relit, redecorated, refurbished, some with new display cases.

Labels are also being re-written, gallery information sheets drafted, photographs taken for a new museum guidebook and a new audio guide is being prepared and recorded.

Shop and café fittings are being installed, stock for the shop and staffing for the café being organized.

Museum director Duncan Robinson said: "The final stage of the development is a hugely demanding but very exciting time for all staff in the museum.

"After five years of planning, preparation, fundraising and construction the building phase is finally complete, the new spaces are a reality.

"Now everyone is committed to their part in the transformation of the museum over the next five months and to welcoming visitors through our doors again from next June."

The Fitz shop, temporarily moved across the road to the other side of Trumpington Street, will remain open.
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