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Scythian Cavalry Heavy Armor: What museum recreation revealed
Gladkivshchina Kurgan #2 In 1982, researchers explored a burial site unique in its composition and state of preservation near the village of Gladkovshchina in central...
Scythian Top-Rank Warlords on Gaimanov Golden Bowl: Their faces, outfits &...
The famous 4th-century BC gilded silver bowl decorated with reliefs of elite Scythian warriors was discovered in the Gaimanova Mohyla Royal kurgan in the...
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...
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‘The Tale of Igor’s Campaign’ is a Ukrainian epic about repelling...
Per Wikipedia, 'The Tale of Igor's Campaign' is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. Britannica calls the poem 'The...
5th-Century Gold Fibulae Found in Austria in 1910: Made in Taurica/...
In January 1910, an ancient burial with gold jewellery was accidentally uncovered near the village of Untersiebenbrunn, to the north-east of Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately,...
‘Ukraine or the Cossacks Land’ map of 1720
The map was made by a famous German geographer and cartographer Johann Baptist Homann. The map is valuable not just because it can serve as...
Russian is a dialect of Ukrainian language, – famous lexicographer Vladimir...
The most prominent lexicographer of the Russian language Vladimir Dal was born in 1801 in what is now Lugansk oblast of Ukraine. His Danish father and...
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...
‘Kremlin’ derives from Tartar word for fortress
British traveler of the 18th century Dr. Clarke sounded very confident describing the etymology of the word 'Kremlin'. In his bestselling book 'Travels in...
Elk in Scythian Art of Borysthenites/Dnieper River Farmers: Proto-Slavs’ Totem Animal?
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The Crimean War started on March 27, 1854: Parallels to current...
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Muscovy-Russia, Ugly Replica of the Golden Horde
Famous travel-blogger of the 18th century Edward Clarke in his bestselling book 'Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey' repeated the facts about Muscovy that...
Scythian Amazons’ Skincare
Herodotus in his 'Histories' wrote: "But the women pour water into a mixture of cypress, cedar, and frankincense wood, which they have ground...
Ukrainian Yevdokia Zavaliy, the only Soviet female commander of a Marines...
Born in 1924, Yevdokia Zavaliy was raised in a small village in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, where she worked on a farm. She was brutally exposed...