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Scythian Armor Technology: Unique 5th-century BC iron scaly full protecive suit...
1976 December issue of The UNESCO Courier had the following passage: “How Scythian horsemen of 2,500 years ago dressed, and the kind of equipment they...
Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
Anacharsis: Scythian Frugality and Wisdom
Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...
Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine
https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...
Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with...
https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...
Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska
“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...
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Kyiv to Submit Proposal for Dota 2’s The International 2021 –...
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Achilles and Ukraine
“Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles,” is the opening line of the Iliad. Achilles was the warrior who became the very symbol...
Injustice towards Sergei Korolev after Gagarin’s first man into space flight
Academician Boris Chertok in his three-volume memoirs Rockets and People translated into English and published by NASA's History Division, recollected: "It grieved us when we...
Igor Sikorsky’s ‘Ilya Muromets Kyivsky’ WW1 plane was World’s First Strategic...
"I want to recommend urgently the speedy construction of the new type of huge bomber.” "I have no question in my mind that you are...
‘Molotov Cocktail’ was a pejorative response to Molotov’s blatant lie that...
Bombing of Helsinki in World War II - "The first bombing of Helsinki occurred the very day Finland was invaded on 30 November 1939....
Famous Hjortspring Boat Unearthed in Scandinavia Came from Eastern Baltic, 2,400-Year-Old...
"An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during...
11 of the best things to do and see in Kiev,...
"Kiev is an unusual city. Vast and busy, but surprisingly quiet. A bit aloof. It feels a million miles away from other great capitals of Europe, and...
Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher and prince
Cicero: "Could the Scythian Anacharsis disregard money, and shall not our philosophers be able to do so? We are informed of an epistle of...
Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian...
Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819. It is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan...
Russians are semi-Asiatic, drilled, but not civilized; they resemble ‘trained bears...
"Russians… tread in the steps of European elegance, without knowing that refinement of habits has no value except as it announces the existence of...