Collection of Kazakh National Museum replenished with one more ‘Golden Man’

The National Museum of Kazakhstan received a unique exhibit as a special gift for the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence! The eighth Golden Man found in the Taskopa mound is displayed in the main exhibition hall of the country. This is a Sarmatian leader who lived in the 4th-3rd centuries BC. After two years of continuous work having studied the finds from the Taskopa burial ground in Aktobe region, scientists have established that the remains found belonged to a person of authority of that time. The specialists started restoring the image of the historical figure. During the scientific reconstruction, his original clothes, weapons and an exact copy of almost 4,000 gold jewelry pieces were recreated. The specialists emphasize that they made the warrior’s face as realistic, as close as possible to the characteristics of the people of that era. Visitors can see the Golden Man in one of the golden halls of the museum.

“We had a goal, we wanted this Golden Man to look different from the previous exhibits, be special, because this will remain in history. Therefore, after going through all the sketches, we stopped at this. We sat him down like he was coming back from a big battle. He has a sword and a Kazakh whip. We tried to show that this is a great person. I think we did it. Many people say that it feels like he is alive. It was a lot of work, it was not easy to do using fiber,” said Bolat Atyrabayev, an art restorer.

Translation and editing by Galiya Khassenkhanova