THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARCHEOLOGY
OF EASTERN EUROPE AND SIBERIA

MYSTERIOUS BEASTS AHD EXOTIC BIRDS
(problems of interpreting zoomorphic images)
April 25th, 2012

Conference Program

Morning session
Rookery
(Conference hall of the Department of the Archeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia, beginning at 11:00 a.m.)

V.K. Afanasyeva (State Hermitage Museum). Why do you need such big teeth, Anzu?
A.N. Chityakova (Siberian Institute of International Relations and Regional Studies). Fenghuang and Pheonix - Find Ten Differences
K.V. Chugunov (State Hermitage Museum). Cockfighting
D.Yu. Guk (State Hermitage Museum). Tomentose birds from the fifth Pazyryk kurgan

Day session
Tormented and Tormentors
(Conference hall of the Department of the Archeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia, beginning at 2:00 p.m.)

I.P. Zasetskaya (State Hermitage Museum). Griffons: what are they?
E.F. Korolkova (State Hermitage Museum). Traces of Wondrous Beasts
L.S. Marsadolov (State Hermitage Museum). The Sphinx from Different Perspectives