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Conquest Era Magyar

The Archealogical Museum of Bologna
http://www.comune.bologna.it/bologna/Musei/
In Italian. Babelfish will happily tranlate it for you. This is the website that first introduced me to Magyars. I loved the fact that they were living in Europe with yurts. It's all about the yurt. Didn't I tell you?

Honfoglalás kori viseletek
http://members.chello.hu/divat/tortelem/honfog.htm
In Hungarian. This appears to be a fashion student's website with her research on early hungarian clothing. Note that the sepia-toned drawings are by famed Hungarian archeologist László Gyula.

The Tarsolybearers Homepage
http://www.tarsolyosok.hu/eng/Index.html
In English. A comprehensive website dedicated to the Magyar tarsoly or sabretache.

A Bodrogközi Régi Magyar Kultúra Közhasznú Alapítvány http://www.bodremka.hu/
In Hungarian. This appears to be a Conquest Era living history museum in Hungary. Some great photos of putting up a yurt, building a fence and the like.

A Csallóközi Lovasíjászok
http://www.lovasijasz.sk/new/
In Hungarian. This appears to be a Conquest Era Magyar horseback archery reenactment group. Follow the link "Keptar" for their gallery of event photos.

Lajos Ligeti Oriental Collection - New books and articles
http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/~clio/html/ligeti/books.htm
A listing of English language articles related to the settlement of Magyars in Hungary.

Magyar-SCA Group List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/magyar-sca/
This list is for discussion about all aspects of life in medieval and renaissance Hungary.

Customs and Art of the Nomadic Magyars
http://www.utexas.edu/students/husa/origins/
magyarhist/magyar.art.html

This page has a nice photo collection of Magyar artifacts of the Conquest.

Eurasian Nomads

The Red Khaganate
http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/index.html
Excellent source of information on Eurasian Nomads for the living history enthusiast. Includes sections on clothing, history, food and culture.

Max Tilke: Oriental Costumes Their Designs and Colors
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/tilke/
This is a really great, though strictly out of period, resource for simple rectangular garment construction of multiple ethnicities.

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