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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2176316, member: 26302&quot;]Btw, here are a few antiquities I purchased from Ustrushana just to put them in one place.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]420887[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is an Eastern Christian cross. The Eastern Christians were a distinct branch that mainly are extinct. China had a massive uprising against them, and adherents in Central Asia mainly got converted to Islam. The few remaining members joined the Nestorian church. This was found outside a famous Monastary in Ustrushana.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]420888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]420889[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are a couple of pack horses made of lead. Such toys the children would play with, pretending to be one of the great traders crossing the Silk Road.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]420892[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is an example of a Huma bird. Why I bought this is because it ties Sogdian people with other Persians. The Huma bird is a mythologicial figure to all Aryan people. The Sogdians ethnically were Aryan, or Persian, just like the people of the Persian empire. They shared the same culture. The huma bird to this day is the symbol of AirIran.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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