The necklace was found in Chaltyr village of Rostov oblast in 1987. Archeologists found it in a woman’s burial, which was the main one in the burial mound.

Ancient jewelers combined in their items gold beads and medallion-pendants. They made them of different shapes, embellished with granulation — fine decoration of small spheres, and filigree — decoration of thin twisted wire. Inserted glass or semiprecious stones turned the medallions into bright color accents.

In this necklace hollow round beads alternate with oval and leaf-shaped pendants. Almandites inserted in the pendants are the hardest type of garnet. This stone is usually red or reddish-purple, in the ancient time it was often used in jewelry. The edges of pendants are decorated with a row of granulation.

Scientists carefully studied the various sepulchral items found in the burial. A supposition can be made, that it was not just a burial of a wealthy noble woman. Most likely, she was a priestess. Remnants of bronze and iron spring-scissors, vessels for keeping some substances, possibly medicines and poisons, in combination with amulets and other ritual items allow concluding that the buried woman was also a healer.