notice the felt pointed cap, typical of scythian art, in this turkic monument. the so-called "animal art" is also a mongol/east siberian import into europe.
http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=lo...ic_monument.jpg
As usual, never underestimate the capacity for euro self-delusion. "Linguistic" comedy always trumps the plain and simple facts just as in the case of the indic Sindoi occupiers of Palus Maoetis (Black sea).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian
Priscus, the Byzantine emissary to Attila, referred to Attila's followers repeatedly as "Scythians," so some of the Huns may have had Scythian ancestry. However, since their language, Scythian, has been shown to have strong similarities to Eastern Iranian, it is most often held that the Scythians were of Iranian origin.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=lo...ic_monument.jpg
As usual, never underestimate the capacity for euro self-delusion. "Linguistic" comedy always trumps the plain and simple facts just as in the case of the indic Sindoi occupiers of Palus Maoetis (Black sea).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian
Priscus, the Byzantine emissary to Attila, referred to Attila's followers repeatedly as "Scythians," so some of the Huns may have had Scythian ancestry. However, since their language, Scythian, has been shown to have strong similarities to Eastern Iranian, it is most often held that the Scythians were of Iranian origin.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->