Show AN ANCIENT PEOPLE belief of a prehistoric bace ce ru found d in 1 dawlan excavations en avalon the hermitage is a famous building in st petersburg in which the relies relics of peter the great are preserved in it there is also kept what is called the gertch bertch collection six centuries before christ the breeds founded colonies on the shores of odthe the black sea they united with the native hians and rulers were generally placed over the colonies outside the gates of the modern town of bertch there are rows of tombs and mounds in the year 1830 the russian kossian government began to carefully examine these tombs the objects found there remains of the ancient colo colonies nies being taken to S st t petersburg and placed in the hermitage in 1831 a mound was opened called bythe by the tartars the hillock of the brave and in a room of hewn stone the remains of a king were found together getner to aitu juose of his wife hia war horse and servant his golden crown and ornaments were there untouched touched an even the sarcophagus of carved cypress wood in which his body was laid remains and the carving and gilt figures upon it are re still sharp and beautiful it seems incredible that a substance 80 0 o frail should have endured for morp corp than two thousand years uninjured the gold bars of hiss his shield the silver staves of his heralds the collar of twisted gold wire are to be seen besides many other articles found in his tomb although a large number were stolen at the time of the discovery but still more interesting and beautiful were the contents of a tomb discovered in 1866 of a priestess of ceres with wit h all her rich ornaments and these were all preserved most exquisite they are therold Th egold chains buttons bracelets necklaces equal the best workmanship of venice or florence at the present day the golden plates from her headdress head dress aress are of ousse work of perfect beauty |