Red is Color of Elite: Archeological Discoveries of Woman’s Red Attire Decodes Symbolism Behind Color

By Aibarshyn Akhmetkali in Culture,Editor’s Picks on 8 September 2024

ASTANA—The red dress of the Urzhar Priestess, a noblewoman from the fourth to third centuries BC, is evidence of the symbolism and significance attributed to the color red at that time. The specialists of the Ostrov Krym scientific restoration laboratory discovered the tomb in 2013 in the Urzhar district of the …