Scythians
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antiquity
Archaeology
Author_Caspar Meyer
barbarians
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Central Asia
Crimea
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Eurasia
forthcoming
horses
mobility
nomads
Russian history
Siberia
steppe art
Ukraine
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- ISBN 9781836391937
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2026
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Scythians offers a bold new take on the horse-riding peoples who once inhabited the vast steppe lands from the Black Sea to the Siberian Altai. Drawing on archaeological finds, ancient texts and comparative insights, Caspar Meyer shows how these communities forged dynamic networks rooted in art, mobility and interspecies relationships. He brings ancient and modern encounters with the Scythians into dialogue – from Herodotus’ ethnography to modernist art and contemporary national imaginations – revealing how their literary and visual afterlives continue to shape our understanding. Long reduced to barbarian stereotypes, the Scythians emerge as cultural innovators and co-creators of Eurasian history. Lively, accessible and thought-provoking, this book opens up a world in which people and things move together in unexpected and transformative ways.
Caspar Meyer is Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture at Bard Graduate Center in New York. He has published widely on ancient Greek and Scythian art, including Greco-Scythian Art and the Birth of Eurasia (2013).
