2019-09-172019-09-172018-12GONTIJO, Fabiano. Nation-Building, gênero e política no Cazaquistão: o caso do Homem Dourado. Mana, Rio de Janeiro, v. 24, n. 3, p. 151-185, set./dez. 2018. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-49442018v24n3p151. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/11803. Acesso em:.1678-4944https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/11803In 1969, 60 km from Alma-Ata, the capital of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan, archaeologists excavated a funerary structure of the kurgan type, an outfit enveloping a skeleton dating from the 5th or 4thcentury BC. Richly decorated with more than 4,000 pieces of gold, the remains were dubbed “Golden Man”. Believed to be a young Scythian-Saka prince, it soon became one of the most important symbols of a nascent Kazakh nationality. However, subsequent research carried out since the late 1990s, suggest that the “Golden Man” was in fact a “Golden Woman”. The ensuing debate has had an evident impact on the reformulation of the representations of Kazakh national identity. In this article, I will reflect on the relationship between nation-building, gender and the political role of archaeology/anthropology, from the standpoint of a Brazilian anthropologist-cum-tourist who visited Kazakhstan in December 2017.Acesso AbertoArqueologia/AntropologiaGêneroCazaquistãoGolden ManNation-buildingArchaeology/AnthropologyGenderKazakhstanArtigo de Periódicohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-49442018v24n3p151