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Caftan of a chieftain, covered with Syrian silk featuring senmurvs
Early 9th century
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The back of a caftan covered with Byzantine silk featuring pheasants
8th-9th centuries
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The exhibition presents the archeological finds from
the burial mounds in the mountains of the North-Western Caucasus,
mainly from the site of Moshchevaya Balka (8th-9th centuries).
This archeological site was located by the Bolshaya Laba River, not
far from the place where once part of the Silk Route passed. Many
silk fabrics were found in the burials of the nobles of local Alanian
and Adygheian tribes, which now make up one of the world's largest
collections. Thanks to the favourable climatic and soil conditions
in the area, furs, leather, wood and fabrics, mainly Byzantine, Sogdian
and Chinese silks, have been preserved in a fairly good condition.
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