Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi
Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi ( Russian Виктор Иванович Сарианиди , scientific transliteration Viktor Ivanovič Sarianidi ; born September 23, 1929 in Tashkent ; † December 23, 2013 ) was a Soviet or Russian prehistoric of Greek descent.
Life
Sarianidi studied archeology at the University of Tashkent and graduated in 1952. Since 1959 he worked in the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Science. In 1963 he received his doctorate on the subject of “Agricultural Tribes of Southeast Turkmenistan”, and in 1976 he received the title of lecturer for the work “Afghanistan in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages”.
From 1972 he carried out excavations in Gonur Depe . He achieved worldwide fame in 1978 through the discovery of the Bactrian gold treasure from Tilla Tepe in northern Afghanistan, one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. Sarianidi also discovered traces of an ancient civilization, the so-called oasis culture in the Karakum desert .
Fonts (selection)
- Bactrian gold. From the excavations of the Tillja-Tepe necropolis in northern Afghanistan. Aurora-Kunstverlag, Leningrad 1985.
- Bactrian gold. From the Excavations of the Tillya-Tepe Necropolis in Northern Afghanistan. Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad 1985.
- The art of ancient Afghanistan. Architecture, ceramics, seals, works of art made of stone and metal. VCH, Acta Humaniora, Weinheim 1986, ISBN 3-527-17561-X .
- Заглавие Храм и некрополь Тиллятепе. Наука, Москва 1989, ISBN 5-02-009438-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wiktor Sarianidi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography (russian)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarianidi, Viktor Ivanovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tashkent |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2013 |