RELICS OF CYRUS THE GREAT.
A rather startling archaeological discovery is reported from Galicia. A peasant woman, while working in the fields in the neighborhood of Michalkov, on the Dniester, dug up several golden objects, including goblets, brooches with dragons' heads, and a crown. The well-known historical investigator, Dr. Praglovski, and other archaeologists of Lemberg, have come to the conclusion that these ornaments belong to the regalia of the elder Cyrus, who fell in a campaign against the Massagetae, about 529 b.c. In his report upon these objects Dr. Praglovski declares that anyone who examines the details and style of the ornaments, and then compares the place were they were found with the reports in Greek historians concerning Cyrus' expedition against the Scythians, will at once agree with his conclusion. The intrinsic value of the objects is set down at 100,000 florins at least, or about £IO,OOO.
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 51, 21 December 1878, Page 640
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147RELICS OF CYRUS THE GREAT. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 51, 21 December 1878, Page 640
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