The similarities suggest that Scythian funerary rituals could originate even further east and south, along with the Bronze Age horse cultures of Mongolia, as reported by The Independent.

The earliest horse cultures were nomads with herds of ... Horses also triggered the first age of metal, the Bronze Age, making it possible to trade copper and zinc — the metal’s two ...

They would use music and dance, as well as food and wine served from bronze vessels ... the royal family might own up to 200." This large horse - over a metre high - would have been made for ...