About the book: 1994 / The book is dedicated to the study of one of the interesting and in many ways still mysterious phenomena of the culture of the peoples living on the territory of our country and in adjacent areas - so called the Scythian animal style. This style is studied primarily as a specific pictorial system, including depiction techniques, formal structure, modeling, iconography, etc. The publication is of a popular science nature and is aimed not only at specialists, but also at a wide range of readers.