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Tajikistan, while Rooms 67 to 69 feature art and artefacts of the Golden Horde, which
swept through Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Rooms 89-91: Ancient Near East
These rooms house a very impressive collection of cuneiform texts from Babylon and
Assyrian limestone reliefs.
Room 100: Ancient Egypt
This large hall houses an incredible collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts uncovered
by Russian archaeologists. The display spans the Egyptian era from the Old Kingdom
(3000-2400 BC) to the New Empire (1580-1050 BC). The amazing ancient papyrus
texts include The Shipwrecked Sailor, a secular text that dates to 1900 BC. There are
many painted sarcophagi and tombstones carved with hieroglyphics, as well as a fas-
cinating mummy from the 10th century BC.
THE HERMITAGE GOLD ROOMS
Known as the Golden Rooms ( 571 3420; admission R350; 11am-4pm Tue-Sat, until 3pm
Sun) , these additional two special collections within the Hermitage are open only by
guided tour, for which you should either call ahead to reserve a place, or buy a ticket at
the entrance. The focus is a hoard of fabulous Scythian and Greek gold and silver from
the Caucasus, Crimea and Ukraine, dating from the 7th to 2nd centuries BC, but you'll
also see fabulous jewellery from Western Europe, and pieces from as far apart as Ch-
ina, India and Iran.
If you want to escape the crowds, check out Rooms 1 to 65 on the 1st floor of
the Hermitage, which contain prehistoric relics as well as treasures from Siberia,
Central Asia and the Caucasus. Due to the layout of the museum, you have to go
up to the 2nd floor and then back down the stairs on the other side of the main
entrance to get here. Because of this, you'll find you have many of the galleries
down here almost entirely to yourself.
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