“Meanwhile, the Scythians as allies of the Assyrians tried to raise the siege of Nineveh which was being prosecuted by the Medes; hence a conflict between Scythians and Medes and apparently an overrunning of Media by the Scythians. Scyths also made their appearance further to the south-west, apparently being sent by Assyria against Egypt, but bought off by Psammetichus. Thus they are referred to by the Hebrew Prophets and engaged in the sack of Ascalon where some contracted a disease ascribed by Herodotus (1. 105) to the hostility of Aphrodite. A colony of them is said to have settled at Beth-Shean hence called Scythopolis (Josephus, Ant. Jud. XU. vill. 5.) Evidence of intercourse between Assyria and the Scyths may be seen in the gold dagger sheaths from the Oxus, from Melgunov’s Barrow (in Ukraine) and from Kelermes, and also the unique axe from the latter.” – Dr. Elis H. Minns, ‘Scythians and Greeks’, 1913.
Details of the attacks mentioned by the renowned historian above can be found in “Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus‘ book.
Sword from Melgunov Barrow in Ukraine:
Scene of the Sword Overlay:
Another Overlay Scene:
