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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...

Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

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...

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...

“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, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

The unique features of S-300V1 air defense system consist in that is the world’s only truly mobile Anti Ballistic Missile system. The S-300V...

The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...

But Yarymovych knew the idea of space-based navigation was beautiful; it just wasn’t being sold right. He went to his boss, Air Force...

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ukraine/articles/in-ukraine-these-stunning-floral-crowns-are-in-style/

"These farming Scythians inhabit a land stretching eastward a three days' journey to a river called Panticapes, and northward as far as an eleven...

Lancelot Lawton was a British historian, military officer, scholar of Ukrainian studies, activist, and international political journalist. In the early 1930s, he contributed to...

Not many people know that Homer mentioned Scythians in his Iliad, only they are mentioned in it under different name. Here is the passage: "Now...

"We moved on to a flowered meadow where there were hundreds of beehives, and a little tent where the beekeeper lived. The air was...

al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...

Per Wikipedia, Valentin Yanin (1929 - 2020) was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles whose expertise was especially Novgorod the Great, where he...

In Dec. 2020, Doodle celebrated the 120th birthday of a Ukrainian painter with the following words: "Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught virtuoso earned international renown for...

Ilya Repin was born in 1844 in the town of Chuguev in what is now Kharkiv oblast of Ukraine. Historically, the region was known...