Kiev - Museum Of Historical Treasures, Ukraine

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The museum possesses many articles by Ukrainian gold and silversmiths of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. These include icon and gospel mounts set with emeralds, rubies, sapphires and pearls; mitres and chalices. The collection of golden articles from various periods of history, including the treasures from the Gaimanov grave and Tolstaya grave, gigantic Scythian burial mounds dating back to the fourth century B.C. On display is the burial of a Scythian queen with her child from Tolstaya grave. The great skills of Kievan jewelers are demonstrated by golden shoulder bands (barmy), temple pendants, a diadem unearthed in the village of Sakhnovka, and other articles executed in the elaborate technique of cloisonne.

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