title: The Meeting with the Scythians Idiophones and Chordophones The Ancient Altai and Black Sea Region's Cultures
abstract: The study of Ancient Scythians' music is one of the most interesting subjects of the modern music archaeology. It can be researched in the comparative way. According to the texts by ancient Greek authors, the ancient Scythians did not have musical instruments. Yet, between the 18th-20th centuries, new archaeological artifacts proved that ancient Scythians could use idiophones and chordophones. A number the Scytian idiophones (horse bells) were found as well as the aerophones (ancient bone pipes)