Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia

Permanent event at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

27 May 2017

Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

On display are the ancient relics from the Paleolithic Age to the early Iron Age discovered on the territories of the Caucasus, Crimea, European Russia and Central Asia.

Among the most ancient exhibits are the implements of work and the female statuettes which came into the museum from the ancient encampments of the Paleolithic Age. The petroglyphs discovered in the Prionezhskiy District (Karelia) date back to the 4,000 – 3,000 B.C.

Various archaeological materials describe the agricultural crops cultivated between the late 4,000 and early 2,000 B.C. The bronze objects discovered during the excavation work near the village of Koban in Ossetia (early 1,000 B.C.) give a general picture of the Koban cultural phenomenon.

The State Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, St. Catherine’s Day.

Museum profile

Location

St Petersburg, Russia

Founded in

2013

Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum