Dear Visitor, An array of finds that strongly resemble traditional attires and household objects of European, Asian and Middle Eastern grave of the Hungarian Conquest period After exhibiting the archaeological finds of those from Hungarian archaeological sites the conquering Hungarians is also exhibited academic circles. near Törtel, Pest County, Pósta found a belt his Caucasian and Turan expeditions at the of the Conquest period of the 9th – 10th with the accompaniment of authentic folk World War I and the subsequent Romanian end ornamented with a deer representation 1896 Millennium Exhibition, Count Jenő centuries A.D., installations representing tunes recorded in North Caucasus. invasion put an end to the Hungarian which to this day has been considered as Zichy donated them to the Hungarian Who are the contemporary customs and everyday life archaeological studies and the enthusiastic one of the emblematic specimens of the National Museum. Béla Pósta studied the Hungarian and reconstructed drawings and maps Béla Pósta (1862-1919) work of the school in Transylvania. Béla Hungarian material culture of the Carpathian collection of 2191 artefacts and the people, where depict an area that is remote in time and Pósta died in April 1919, so he did not live to basin in the 9th–10th centuries A.D. following year he took part in Count Zichy’s did they come distance but close in the spiritual and Béla Pósta was born in Kecskemét in 1862. see the signing of the Trianon Treaty. His third Asian expedition. The broad media from and cultural sense. After studying law and humanities, he academic views and methods were coverage of his expedition trip was also the where did worked for the Department of Coins and bequeathed by his disciples who were on reason of his appointment as head of the their ancestors The exhibition also commemorates the Antiquities of the the firm belief that: newly established Department of Archaeology live? Academics Hungarian prehistoric researches of Béla Hungarian National of the Kolozsvár University. As a university and people Pósta, the founder of the archaeological Museum for 21 years. “The Chronicles of the Institute of Numismatics teacher, he considered one of his most interested in the school in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca) who In 1896, he was assigned to and Archaeology and the Numismatic and important tasks to educate young ancient history of was one of the first Orientalist archaeologists. study the finds collected Archaeological Collection will register and professionals, many of whom he would Magyars have tried to The exposition presents the routes of the during Count Jenő Zichy’s immortalize the period when Béla Pósta choose for carrying out ancient Hungarian find the answers to these Hungarian archaeological expeditions in the expedition in the North headed the sister institutions as the “Béla research in Eastern lands. He planned to Caucasus, highlights some of the most Caucasus and the Turan Pósta era’” (Márton Roska, 1941) organise an Institute of Oriental Studies in questions for centuries. The belt end representing a deer from important events of the first joint Plain. The following year, he the territory of ancient Mesopotamia, Törtel (Hungarian National Museum, Hungarian Our exhibition primarily relies on archaeology Hungarian-Russian archaeological excavation participated in Count Béla Pósta’s academic activity southward of the Caucasus. His aim was to to provide the answers. With authentic in the autumn of 2019 and gives an account Zichy’s third Asian expedition. Conquest Period Collection) get Hungarian scientists involved in the finds and documents from South Russian, of the latest ethnographic and genetic In 1899, he was appointed “Most of the specific national elements of “As for the belt end with a deer, it is one of excavations of Middle Eastern civilisations predominantly North Caucasian sites that results. head of the newly organised our archaeological relics, even from the the most eloquent pieces among our performed by international teams are of key importance from the viewpoint Department of Archaeology earliest times cannot be explained and pagan-time artefacts. On the one hand, the A short cartoon film revives the plot of the of the Kolozsvár University, interpreted without the thorough knowledge deer connects it with a large group of the of ancient Hungarian history, the exhibition Béla Pósta and Count origin myth of Hungarians, The Legend of where - using his advanced of the relics from the Oriental world.” so-called Scythian finds <...> and on the draws attention to the region which is Jenő Zichy during the undeservedly forgotten today. However, the Miraculous Hind and takes the visitor on views and interdisciplinary methods - he (Béla Pósta, 1915) other hand, this type of stylisation is similar 3rd expedition mediaeval chronicles and earlier researchers a time journey to the area of the Caucasus established an internationally renowned to a surviving motif of Hungarian art in later (Hungarian National devoted major attention to the area due to and the Maeotian Swamp (the Sea of Azov) school. Pósta was the first to introduce While carrying out excavations for the periods. <...> We can recognise its ancient Museum, Central the “thousands and thousands of signs,” as which is believed to have been the mythical Oriental archaeological studies in the Hungarian National Museum (1885–1889), shape on Persian Egyptian-style cornices Database and Digital Béla Pósta, the former custodian of the homeland of the ancient Magyars. A stylised curriculum and to promote the establishment Béla Pósta dealt with nearly all archaeological and many Sassanid-time flowers.” Hungarian National Museum said. yurt furnished with reconstructed of professional contacts among Eastern eras from prehistory to the Middle Ages. In a (Béla Pósta, 1896.) Archive) Béla Pósta and Count Zichy’s 3rd expedition The results of Béla Pósta’s research trip were Legend of the Miraculous Hind “Upon the beginning of the confusion of “The Maeotis area is near to the land of summarized in his book published in 1905, languages, Nimrod the Giant left for the land Persia, and Lake Maeotis neighboured Persia; “My collection is my homeland for which I have where he also highlighted the helpfulness and The Caucasus and the area around the Sea of Evilath (Havilah), which then was called a except for one ford, it is encircled by sea; it collected it.” (Béla Pósta, 1904) valuable contribution of the Russian of Azov (the ancient Lake Maeotis) adjoining province of Persia, where he begat two sons is well watered and rich in grass, woods, fish, academic circles. the mountains from the north-west are – Hunor and Magor - by his wife Eneth, from birds and beasts; it is difficult either to During his research trip to Russia in 1897– also mentioned in the origin myth of whom are named the Magyars and the Huns. approach or to leave. Having thus come to 1898 within the framework of Count Zichy’s “It is clear from the archaeological viewpoint Hungarians, the Legend of the Miraculous According to tradition, Nimrod the Giant had the Maeotian marshes, they stayed there 3rd expedition organised with the aim to find that Count Jenő Zichy’s 3rd expedition was Hind. In the fullest form, it can be found in several wives with whom he sired other sons for five years without leaving. But in the the Oriental traces of ancient Magyar peoples, purely and exclusively an academic journey the chronicle, Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum and daughters besides Hunor and Magor. sixth year, they suddenly came upon the Béla Pósta visited areas where “Hungarians and - though it produced certain results - the (Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians) written These sons and daughters and their wives and children of Belar’s sons, who lived in prehistoric times and where Fin- achievement can only be attributed to the in Latin by Simon of Kéza, around 1285; but offspring inhabited Persia; their stature and stayed in their tents without any of their no-Ugric peoples contacted with Turkic- prosperity of the area, the efficient arrangement the legend was also known among the the colour of their skin are similar to the men folk. Quickly they fell upon them and Tatar peoples.” Based on the obtained results, of Russian museums, the rich and precious Hungarian people. Huns; only their language is somewhat carried them off with all their belongings as he deemed research in the Caucasus region as Russian-language literature and the utmost different, as Saxon differs from Thuringian. far as they could into the Maeotian marshes.” one of the most important tasks. politeness and liberalism of our Russian King Nimrod/Ménrót was a real historical Since Hunor and Magor were Nimrod’s A view of the Caucasus from the photo material of colleagues.” (Béla Pósta, 1905) figure. According to the Bible, he was one of firstborns, they lived separately from their “It happened also in that skirmish that Count Zichy’s 1st expedition (Vasárnapi Újság, 1895) “Research into the cultural influence coming the most distinguished rulers of the land of father in their own tents.” besides the boys there were seized two from the Iranian regions and the Caucasus will Mesopotamia, the great-grandson of Noah, daughters of Dula, prince of the Alans of remain the most important task of Orientalists Pósta Béla jegyzete a tifliszi (Grúzia) szablyáról the Flood Survivor; he was depicted as a “It happened that one day they had gone whom one was taken to wife by Hunor and for a long while.” stout hunter and a symbol of power. Simon out hunting, and in a deserted place there the other by Magor. All the Huns descend (MNM Központi Adattár és Digitális Képarchívum) “One of the most important tasks of our (Béla Pósta, 1905) of Kéza mentions that it was Nimrod who appeared before them a hind, which they from these women. And it came about that Institute is the exploration of the East from built the Tower of Babel as protection followed into the Maeotian marshes as it when they had been dwelling for some time an archaeological and ethnographic viewpoint “If we take into consideration that typical against floods. The name of the Land of fled before them. When it disappeared in the Maeotis marshes, they began to grow that is to be carried out on the basis of relics of this style horizon can also be found in Evilath is also mentioned in the Bible. completely before them, they could not find into a most mighty nation, and the region thorough academic preparations and strict the Caucasus region, then the fact that we it in any way though they sought it for a could not contain them nor nourish them. academic methods by Hungarian professionals already emphasized when discussing other According to 19th-century research, the long time. Having finally searched the said Therefore having sent out scouts into and people with a strong Hungarian identity. relic groups will become even more land was to be found in the southern part of marshes thoroughly, they found that the Scythia to spy out closely and cunningly the This is our aim because we believe that any understandable; namely that the Finnish- the Caucasus, in the north-western part of place was suited for feeding herds. Scythian land, they moved thither with research of Eastern lands so far – no matter Germanic archaeological heritage abounds today’s Armenia. Thereupon they returned to their father and their children and their herds to dwell in how significant it may have been – has been with Southern elements that had been having obtained leave, they went with all that country. ” insufficient, on the one hand, and not free well-developed in the Southern areas prior their goods to the Maeotian marshes, there (Simon of Keza: Gesta Hungarorum, from certain biases and prejudices, on the to the 6th–8th centuries A.D.” to dwell and to raise herds.” around 1285) other hand.” (Béla Pósta, 1912) (Béla Pósta, 1905) Orientalist studies in the Caucasus region down; the metal was exchanged for the ancient Zichia along the coast of the peoples, who came one after another to costumes that could be directly related to Byzatine money in Bosporus. Incensed at Black Sea and the land of Abkhazians <...> pay tribute to the General. In the hearing finds from sites of the Hungarian Conquest In the 13th century, the Hungarian King, the sacrilege, the priests, in connivance they came close to the southern provinces of the whole company, they claimed to be period in the Carpathian basin. In 1966 and Béla IV sent a group of Dominican monks, with Muageris (Magyar), Gordas’ brother, of the Caucasus, where the Turks (Magyars) descendants of the Magyars. Undoubtedly, 1978, archaeologist István Erdélyi visited including Friars Otto and Julian, on a put the prince to death.” were roaming in the past when their entire here was the last homeland of our ancestors, several North Caucasian museums where mission to find the descendants of the (Malalas, 6th century A.D.) nation lived in the Caucasus.” and it is unanimously testified by the he documented finds of Hungarian type Hungarians who had remained in the East. (Scylitzes, 11th century) inhabitants of Caucasus Mountains and the from the Conquest period. He was of the Presumably, the friars relied on the Legend “When a war arose between the Turks Russians residing here for a long time.” opinion that Magna Hungaria found by Friar of the Miraculous Hind in their quest for (Magyars) and the Pechenegs, then called In 1236, Friar Julian found a major Hungarian (János Ó-Gyallai Besse, 1829) Julian in the Volga basin in the 13th century our ancestors on the coast of the Sea of Kangars, the army of the Turks was speaking group beside the Volga River was not the ancient homeland of the Azov and the northern foot of the Caucasus. defeated and split into two parts. One part – in an area later called Magna Hungaria „A karatsaiak és a tatárok azt állítják, hogy Magyars; probably only one of the Magyar The Hungarian presence in the Caucasus went eastwards and settled in the region in Hungarian chronicles. The Caucasian az Azowi tengertől fogvást, éjszak felé a tribes moved there along with Bulgarians in region is also indicated by written sources. of Persia, and they to this day are called by region remained the destination of those Kuma víz partján fekvő Magyar várostól the 8th century from the northern their ancient Turk denomination “sabartoi who wanted to find the ancestral home of fogvást egész Derbendig a Caspium tenger foothills of the Caucasus. “At that time (527), Gorda, the Prince of asphaloi” <...> The Turks who live in the the Hungarians. Sámuel Hatvani Turkoly, partján Magyarok voltak az urak.” the Huns near the Bosporus (today’s Strait western region to this day send envoys to János Ó-Gyallai Besse and others collected (János Ó-Gyallai Besse, 1829) Nándor Fettich Ákos Avar, Gabriella Lezsák-Moys and of Kerch), appealed to the said emperor. the said Turks who settled in the region of valuable data that prove that large groups (1900–1971) Erwin Gáll in the village of Burgun- He came to Constantinople, was baptized Persia in the east, they visit them and often of Hungarians lived in the Caucasus region “Although the present Hungarian language (Hungarian Madzhary at the bank of the Kuma and converted. The emperor who became bring back word from them.” (De Adminis- during a certain period of time. disappeared from the Caucasus areas, National his godfather, presented him with many trando Imperio, middle of the 10th century) many names of places, rivers and ethnic River in the autumn of 2016 (Photo by Museum, Dávid Somfai Kara) According to László gifts, dismissed him and told him to return “The King of the Magyars lived near the groups have remained...” Central Bendefy, the Caucasian Magyars may to his homeland to protect the interest of “The Turkish people (Magyars) are Hunnic Kuma River; and although the ruins of his (János Ó-Gyallai Besse, 1829) Database and have had their homeland here. The first Byzantium and the Bosporus. <...> Having by race, living to the north of the Caucasus castle may look dilapidated, it still stands Digital Archive) written record of the settlement dates returned to his homeland, the Christianised mountains <...> Turks also live in Pannonia, today, and the settlement is called Magyar Visiting major Russian museums in the back to 1332, when the Arab traveller, king of the Huns found his brother near the near the Istros (Danube) whom Emperor Leo in the local pagan language.” 1930s, archaeologist Nándor Fettich Ibn Battuta described it as a prosper- Bosporus and related to him the friendship summoned to his aid against the Bulgarians (Sámuel Hatvani Turkoly, 1725) reached the southern part of the Caucasus, ous town. As a Hungarian town, it was and generosity of the emperor and his (895) <...> These Turks (Magyars) of the Georgia. He considered the palmetto- also eternalised by Mihály Vörösmarty baptism. Leaving there, he took Hun troops Caucasus, as allies of the Arabs, in 840 and “During our trip, I got acquainted with the decorated sabres found in the Caucasus in his epic poem „Magyarvár” along. He ordered the dydXjuara (idols) 841 raided Asia Minor, Armenia, and waged heads of the Karachay, Kabardian, Avar, to be products of Hungarian metallurgy (The Castle of Magyari) written in 1827. made of silver and electrum, to be melted war against Emperor Theiphilus. Crossing Besleney, Oruspi, Circassian and Nogai Tatar and drew attention to elements of local Dávid) Silver gilt palmetto-decorated Silver gilt belt decorations with Silver gilt helmet Silver gilt buckle with life-tree Stone-inlaid gold ring A pair of silver bracelets with braid disc gryphon and dog motifs motif snake head from Andreevskaya Shchel (Anapa from the North-West Caucasus from the North Caucasus (Mardzhani from Barakaevskaya Stanitsa, North from Barakaevskaya Stanitsa, North from Barakaevskaya Stanitsa, North Archaeological Museum, first half of (Mardzhani Collection, 9t–10th centuries Collection, 10th–11th centuries A.D.). Caucasus (Mardzhani Collection, Caucasus (Mardzhani Collection, Caucasus (Mardzhani Collection, 8th– the 10th century). Discs for decorating A.D.). Gryphon motifs alluding to According to records of the time, 9th–10th centuries A.D.). Leather belts 8th–10th centuries A.D.). Four-globule 10th centuries A.D.). Similar bracelets braids are frequent finds in female mythological beliefs were already used helmets, as well as armour, were were important clothing elements of finger-rings with stone or glass insets were found in female graves from the graves. To date, about 70 similar pieces by the Scythians and Avars. The motif important elements of the Hungarian equestrian nomadic peoples. Men used of different colours are typical finds Conquest period in the Carpathian from the Conquest period (10th century appears on finds from the Conquest battle gear. In accordance with the to decorate them with different metal from male and female graves of the basin. A bracelet made of twisted A.D.) have been excavated in the period in the Carpathian basin, for light cavalry combat mode, helmets mounts according to their social rank. Conquest period in the Carpathian golden wire was found in a female Carpathian basin. In addition to the example, on the belt end from were predominantly made from The life-tree motif as a mythological basin. They are seldom found in graves grave in Zsennye (Hungary); there are disc exhibited here, two other pieces Benepuszta (Hungary) and the buckle leather. An iron helmet was found in element is a frequent motif of finds of common people; their use is dated variants made of silver (e.g., Szeged – of the kind have been registered in the from Vörs-Papkert B (Hungary) and the cemetery of the Conquest period from the Conquest period in the to the first half of the 10th century Bojárhalom, Hungary) and bronze South Urals, in the middle course of it also occurs on braid discs. The dog at Domb street, Pécs (Hungary); one Carpathian basin, for instance, it was A.D. Four-globule rings were also (e.g., Békés – Povád, Hungary). the Volga River. The closest parallels motif can also be found on objects of its Hungarian analogues was sold at depicted on the harness mount from excavated from the Karos cemeteries. In the Hungarian mythology, serpents from the Carpathian basin to the braid from the Conquest period. Analogues of the Munich auction in 2006. Several Érsekújvár (today Nové Zamky, – in which the spirits of the ancestors disc from Andreevskaya Shchel are, the objects exhibited here were found graves in Eastern Europe are considered Slovakia), on the belt mounts from reside - are the guardians of the for instance the palmetto-decorated in a female grave of Kenézlő-Fazekaszug to have belonged to Hungarians as the grave No. 61 in Karos, or the buckle from inhabitants of the house. They are laminar discs from Anarcs and No. 2 burial place (Hungary), where they fallen warriors were buried wearing Orsova (today Orşova, Romania). also considered as fertility symbols. Csengele (both in Hungary), or Ipoly- were used to ornament the rosette-shaped their iron helmets. kiskeszi (today Malé Kosihy, in Slovakia). mounts of horse harness. Silver sabre sheath and silver-gilt Silver sabre with mounts Bronze gilt saddlebow plate Silver gilt belt decorations Silver gilt sabretache plate Silver gilt saddlebow mounts palmetto-ornamented suspended mounts

(Krasnodar State Historical and from Barakaevskaya Stanitsa, North from the North Caucasus (Mardzhani from the North Caucasus (Mardzhani from South Russia (Mardzhani Collection, from the Karachai-Cherkess Republic Archaeological Museum, 10th century Caucasus (Mardzhani Collection, second Collection, 10th–12th centuries A.D.). Collection, 9th–10th centuries A.D.). second half of the 9th century (Mardzhani Collection, first half of the A.D.) Silver gilt sabres with mounts half of the 9th century–first half of The first plated saddle from the Belts worn by men during the Conquest – first half of the 10th century A.D.). 10th century A.D.). In Hungary, saddles are frequent finds in graves from the the 10th century A.D.; reconstructed Conquest period was reconstructed by period as insignia indicating their rank The surface is engraved and decorated with mounts from the Conquest period Conquest period (e.g., in Karos, Rakamaz, by: M.V. and A.V. Goreliks). Sabre blades Gyula László on the basis of Hungarian were usually decorated with heart-, with palmettos and lions facing each were for the first time reconstructed Geszteréd, Tarcal in Hungary). The from the Conquest period were ethnographic analogues. According to leaf- or circle-shaped rosette mounts. other. Plated sabretaches with locking by István Dienes on the basis of findings sabres were used in close combats; the slightly bended; the lower third was research, the front and rear saddle- Belt ends were covered with shield- mechanisms cut in the middle are from Szakony. Vestiges of mounted hilts, sheathes and suspension lugs usually double-edged or equipped with bows could be covered not only with shaped mounts. Round and angular considered to be the most ancient saddles were also found in the Karos were usually decorated with golden or a ricasso. The latter’s function was to metal but also with bone plates, the belt decorations were probably used types; in the Carpathian basin, the cemeteries; the reconstruction of the silver gilt palmetto-ornamented discs wound the enemy or the horse with surface of which was usually decorated for hanging various objects. Men usually sabretache from Bana (Hungary) saddlebows was performed by László as insignia. the blade pulled backwards if the cut with palmetto motifs. wore leather bags, knives in leather belongs to this type. Sabretaches were Révész. Saddles of this type have been missed the target. The word ‘sabre’ cases, arrow quivers, bow cases and made of leather and worn on the belt; used by shepherds of the Great originates from the Hungarian verb sabres attached to their belts. flint and tinder for kindling fire and Hungarian Plain are until recently. ‘szabni’ (to cut), and it entered other small belongings, for example razors languages from Hungarian. were stored in them. Research in the Caucasus area today Excavation sites Caucasus Urals The North Caucasian garments and The first joint Hungarian–Russian exca- personal items of Hungarian type of the vation in the Caucasus was conducted at Conquest period presented at this Andreevskaya Shchel in the autumn of exhibition are from the finds documented 2019. Based on the burial practices during the archaeological excavations (inhumation burials, west-east orientation) carried out by Gabriella Lezsák-Moys and the typical finds of the Subottsi horizon on an annual basis since 2016. associated with the Magyar presence in Etelköz, including an iron sabre with The finds that are similar and in many mounting, the excavated graves indicate a Excavation of the Andreevskaya Shchel cases identical to the archaeological relics presumable connection with Hungarians. cemetery in autumn 2019, Gabriella Lezsák- of the Conquest period of the 9th–10th Samples of human bones have been centuries A.D., indicate that the northern submitted for scientific examination to Moys, Konstantin Krutogolovenko and Roman foothills of the Caucasus formed an the Archaeogenetics Research Centre of Prokofiev archaeologists organic part of the cultural area where the Institute for Hungarian Studies. (Photo by Andrei Novichikhin.) - according to written sources - Hun- Konstantin garians belonged to before moving to Krutogolovenko, the Carpathian basin. In addition to the Andrei Novichikhin and archaeological finds, historical, ethno- Erwin Gáll archaeologists graphic and archaeogenetic samples proved that the area stretching between during the excavation the southern foothills of the Urals and of a man’s grave with the northern foothills of the Caucasus a sabre (grave No. 11, constituted a connected and single area Andreevskaya Shchel in the life of equestrian nomadic peoples. cemetery) in autumn Thus, research in the southern - Caucasian 2019. and Azov - lands from the viewpoint of the (Photo by Gabriella ancient history of the Magyars will become Members of the archaeological research trip to Lezsák-Moys) one of the most important tasks of the Madzhar by the Kuma River: Erwin Gáll, Gabriella relevant disciplines. Lezsák-Moys, Dávid Somfai Kara, and Ákos Avar with their Nogai-Tatar and Russian hosts). “Thousands and thousands of signs” Caucasian sources of our prehistory Exhibition of Hungarian-type finds Results of related disciplines from the Conquest period from south Russia In memoriam of Béla Pósta archaeologist

Genetics Folk music 10,8 % 20,7 % 10,3 % Patron: Prof. Dr Miklós Kásler, Minister Curator: Gabriella Lezsák-Moys, archaeologist According to Endre Neparáczki and Tibor 30,4 % According to the North Caucasian collection 6,9 % Co-curator: Péter Gróf, archaeologist Török archaeogeneticists, 6.9% of 102 10,3 % of Gergely Agócs, folk musician and Dávid 13,9 % Text panels and guidebook: Gabriella Lezsák-Moys, archaeologist samples of maternal lineage and 10.3% of 29 Somfai Kara, ethnologist, 35–40% of the Specialists: Erwin Gáll, archaeologist; Endre Neparáczki, archaeogeneticist; György Szabados, historian samples of paternal lineage from cemeteries Karachai-Balkar folk melody types and nearly 12,7 % Design, video, visual elements: Delov Digital 70% of the Nogai folk melody types can be of the Hungarian elite during the Conquest 39,2 % 44,8 % period point towards the Caucasus–Middle Creative director: Valentin Bajkov linked to the morphological order of Hungarian Art director: Anita Dorner folk music. In several cases, this musical East. Print design, graphics: Delov Digital, Valentin Bajkov, Dániel Dorner relationship is also strengthened by melody Eurasian Set design, illustration: Anita Dorner matches. Based on the analyses of 19 samples from the Conquest period by Christine Keyser, East Eurasian Graphic design, pre-press: Creativ Partners Kft. (Szabolcs Kelemen, Miklós Linczmayer, Dániel Nagy) geneticist and university professor of the Buryat, Chinese (Inner Mongolia), Kazakh, Tatar, Constructor: Event Stuff Kft. University of Strasbourg, the Y chromosome Mongolian, Bargut, Yakut, Even, Evenki, Nganasan, Institutions lending archaeological items and documents: Mardzhani Foundation (Moscow, Russia); Krasnodar State Historical and Archaeological Museum gene pool of the conquering Hungarian elite Manchurian, Tuvan, Japanese, Shorian, Kyrgyz, buried in cemeteries of a small number of (Krasnodar Krai, Russia); Anapa Archaeological Museum (Krasnodar Krai, Russia); Archaeological Collection, Historical Photo Collection, Central Database Tibetian, Udege, Ulchi, Uzbek, Yukaghir graves consists of Pontic (North Caucasus), and Digital Archive of the Hungarian National Museum; King Matthias Museum of the Hungarian National Museum; Manuscripts Archive of the National Uralic and Altai components. North-Western European Széchényi Library; Library of the Hungarian Parliament Danish, German, Finnish, Irish, Swedish, English, Earlier genetic research confirms the Norwegian, Scotish, French 12,7% Lenders of installations: Anna Gisztl, Csaba Hidán, Lajos Kassai, Mária Nagy, István Vidák, Hungarian Historical Archery Society, Zengő Nyíl Association heterogeneous character of the elite in West Eurasian Creators of the short cartooned film, The Miraculous Hind: Anita Dorner, Valentin Bajkov, Bence Bükki, János Papp, Zoltán Farkas, Dániel Dorner, Zoltán Moys the 10th century A.D. Currently, the genetic Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Patrons of the exhibition: Ministry of Human Capacities, Institute for Hungarian Studies, Foundation for Central and Eastern European Research and Training composition of cemeteries of the common Slovakian, Italian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Spanish, people with a large number of graves is Acknowledgement to: Anna Gisztl, Attila Kiss, Levente Lezsák, László Révész, Gyula Szabó, Gergely Szente, Ferenc Stilling Basque, Romanian, Greek examined by the Archaeogenetics Research Gergely Agócs and Dávid Somfai Kara during an Centre of the Institute for Hungarian Studies, Caucasus Middle-East Project management: Szilvia Bartus-Szöllősi, Dextramedia Kft. ethnographic expedition to the northern foothills under the leadership of Endre Neparáczki Armenian, Azeri, Druze, Turkish, Iranian, Iraqui, of the Caucasus (Photo by Tahir Akmanbetov) and Tibor Török. Palestinian Project leaders: Benedek Varga, Director General (Hungarian National Museum), Dr Gábor Horváth-Lugossy Director General (Institute for Hungarian Studies) PR and communication: Dextramedia Kft.

The exhibition is open from February 17, 2020 until April 26, 2020.