Ariadne, Labyrinth dance, spindle-whorls in Scythian tombs
Homer in the Iliad wrote that "Daedalus in Cnossos once contrived; A dancing-floor for fair-haired Ariadne" and scholars are confident that it was the...
Tauroscythians-Rus spoke the Indo-Aryan language. Proper names of ancient Taurica/ Crimea prove it
Prominent Soviet specialist in historical linguistics Academician O. Trubachev (1930-2002) in his ‘Indoarica in the Northern Black Sea Region’ analyzed the names of famous...
The Rus on al-Kashgari Map of 1074
According to Wikipedia, "Mahmud al-Kashgari was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan, a town in the southeastern part...
Horse was first domesticated in Ukraine 6000 years ago
Adrian Parvulescu in his scientific article The Indo-European Horse: A linguistic reconstruction writes the following: "Archaeologically reconstructed, the IE horse was a relatively...
Could Trypillian/Ukrainian ‘Yin-Yang’ be related to Megalithic stone circles in Britain?
From around 1933 to 1977, Professor of Engineering at Oxford Alexander Thom spent most of his weekends and holidays surveying megalithic sites in Britain....
Scythians, the Yamnaya Culture offspring
Dr. David W. Anthony: "... Mobile pastoral nomadism of a new militaristic type appeared in the Iron Age with the Scythians. But the Scythians...
Griffin Pendants from 11th century Kyiv in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Temple Pendant with Filigree Border | Kyivan Rus’ | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: These temple pendants are decorated on one side with griffins, mythical...
Zoroastrian Circular Cities: Darabgerd, Gur, Balkh
The city of Darabgerd was one of the most famous of the Persian cities. Its ruins are located 9 km southwest of the modern...
‘Northern’ Clothing of the Kushan, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires Elites
American Art Historian John M. Rosenfield wrote in his 'Dynastics Arts of the Kushans': "As carefully depicted by the sculptors, the clothing worn by...
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...
