Scythian Rider Next Published January 1, 2018 at 2362 × 1389 in Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia A gold plaque depicting a Scythian rider with a spear in his right hand; Gold; Second half of the fourth century BC; Kul’ Oba. © The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 2017. Photo: V Terebenin.