The Scythians
Lost Civilizations
- Auteur: Caspar Meyer (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: geschiedenis van de Scythen
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Reaktion Books
- Verschijnt: 1 mei 2026
- Omvang: 240 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek
- Prijs: £ 18,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
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Flaptekst boek over de geschiedenis van de Scythen
Reimagines the Scythians as creators of culture and as subjects of enduring fascination.
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 imagination – 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 where 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).