Melitopol Kurgan

The Melitopol kurgan was a Scythian kurgan of the 4th century BCE (340–320 BCE), in the city of Melitopol, on Skifska Street (formerly Pershotravneva Street) [1]. The kurgan had been partially looted before excavation [1]. It was excavated in 1954 in a rescue operation before a real estate project [1]. A bronze combat belt was found in a hiding place, unnoticed by the robbers [1]. Other finds included a portupeia necklace decorated with 50 gold plates, as well as a repoussé gold-coated gorytos with scenes from the myth of Achilles and 70 arrowheads [1]. According to scientists' calculations, the total weight of the gold objects found during the excavations of the Melitopol barrow amounted to 2 kg [1].