Artemis/Diana was Scythian goddess originally. Ovid

Ovid in Ex Ponto: "And lately when I was telling of your loyalty (since I’ve learnt how to speak Getic and Sarmatian) it chanced that an old man,...
Sun above the Golden Gate in Kyiv during WInter Solstice

Kyiv Golden Gate at Winter Solstice

The picture was taken by the author of this post at noon (13 o'clock 'winter time') on December 20, 2023. The actual Winter Solstice...

Most famous Scythian silver Amphora/Vase from Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan in Ukraine

The Amphora was found in 1863 in an impressive kurgan in the vicinity of Nikopol city in Ukraine and instantly taken to Hermitage. The...

The Rus raided Spain’s Seville in 844 AD arriving on boats. Arabic sources called...

Ya'qubi (died 897/8), also referred to as al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim Geographer born in Baghdad. Introduction to a recent publication of his work states...

Scythian King with Famous Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine: Details of Scythian...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z761ftJkko One of the largest Scythian Royal kurgans, the 18 meter-high Solokha kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the...

King Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych, Key Figure of ‘Song of Igor’s Campaign’ Epic: Was...

Yaroslav Osmomysl (c. 1135 – 1 October 1187) was a knyaz of Halych (now in western Ukraine). He is best-known for appearing in The Tale of Igor's Campaign. His sobriquet,...

First known Scorched Earth method took place in the area of Ukraine: Scythians used...

The Scorched earth Wikipedia page tells us that "the Scythians used scorched-earth methods against the Persian Achaemenid Empire, led by King Darius the Great, during his European Scythian campaign....

Scythian King who fought Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon: His famous...

Watch it on YouTube: Scythian King who fought Philip II of Macedon: His burial in Ukraine The gigantic, magnificent Scythian Royal Kurgan of Chertomlyk was...

Gold Deer Plaques on Human Skull: Synjavka Scythian barrow in Ukraine

The human skull covered with gold plates of two patterns was found in the central chamber of a Scythian barrow near the village of...

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...