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The Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress...
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...
The Rus are Slavs, wrote Ibn Khordadbeh before 860 AD. What...
“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...
55th Anniversary of the Scythian Gold Pectoral discovery! [June 21, 1971]
https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...
Wine Preferences of Royal Scythians: Story of nearly 500 Greek Amphoras...
https://youtu.be/wATY2fhj5Zc During the 1855 excavations of the Central Tomb of Alexandropol Kurgan, the archaeologists discovered a niche in the western wall that was filled with...
Grandiose Royal Scythian Funeral Feast Uncovered in Ukraine
https://youtu.be/37oOKaBMQyM Joint Ukrainian-American Scythian Kurgan Project The initial excavations of the Alexandropol kurgan in 1852–1856 left many questions unanswered, such as its date, design, inner structure,...
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Unique Kyiv Rus Jewellery Art of 1,000 AD: Created in Kyiv...
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GitLab with Ukrainian roots raises $100M and becomes unicorn
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Attila the Hun was local to European Scythia/Ukraine: Priscus of Panium’s...
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Elk in Scythian Art of Borysthenites/Dnieper River Farmers: Proto-Slavs’ Totem Animal?
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Royal Skulls from Alexandropol Kurgan in Ukraine: Scythian Sauromaetae Race?
https://youtu.be/L-75PvHzT0M The excavations of the grandiose Scythian funeral complex at Alexandropol in Ukraine were described in the previous video on this channel. Alexander Liutsenko, who excavated...
Ukrainian Honesty vs Russian Thievery
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Ukrainian Borscht inscribed on the UNESCO List on Intangible Cultural Heritage
"Ukrainian borscht - national version of borscht consumed in several countries of the region - is an integral part of Ukrainian family and community...