Gold Deer Figurine from the Saka Period / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Gold Figurine of a Flying Deer from the Shilikti Burial Mound. Kazakhstan, 7th–6th Centuries BCE / Wikimedia Commons

Gold Deer Figurine, a Decorative Element of a Shield. Scythian Culture, 7th–6th Centuries BCE / State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg / De Agostini via Getty Images

Gold Figurine of an Eagle (Griffin) from the Shilikti Burial Mound. Kazakhstan, 7th–6th Centuries BCE / Wikimedia Commons

Gold Plaque Depicting a Flying Deer and a Griffin. Saka Period, Issyk Burial Mound, Kazakhstan / Wikimedia Commons

Exhibition at the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Astana, 14 February 2021 / Meiramgul Kussainova / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images