00:00Archaeologists in Kazakhstan just found something no one in the country had seen before.
00:04It's a tiny gold bear.
00:06The figurine came from a 2,300-year-old burial mound near Almaty.
00:10The mound belonged to the Saka, nomads of the Central Asian steppe.
00:15Looters broke into it long ago and dug a pit about three meters deep.
00:19They scattered most of the grave goods, but somehow they left the little gold bear behind.
00:24It was cast in gold, and tiny holes suggest it was sewn onto a headdress.
00:29The Saka were famous for gold work showing deer, big cats, and mountain sheep.
00:33A bear, though, is a first for Kazakh archaeology.
00:37The mound held another surprise, too.
00:39Early checks of the bones point to four adults and three children.
00:43Mounds this size usually held just one or two people.
00:46The little bear is headed for display at the Almaty Museum.
00:50Disclosure.
00:50This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
