3 generations of Scythian women found

Researchers have uncovered the remains of four high status Scythian women of different ages in the same tomb. One was estimated to be between 12 and 13 years old when she died, the second was 20 to 29 years old, a third was 25 to 35 years old and the fourth a remarkable for the times 45 to 50 years old. She was buried in a calathos, or ceremonial headdress, bedecked with floral ornamented plates and shaped pendants. Her jewelry was around 70% gold, mixed with copper, silver and iron. The women's burial occurred during the 4th century BC. Scythians were a powerful group of nomadic tribes of warriors that lived across central Asia between 900 and 200 BC.

The remains were found in a cemetery known as Devitsa V, a site consisting of 19 mounds in the Voronezh region of Russia.