Chainmail Armor of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings by centuries
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a prominent Soviet archaeologist and historian who represented the Soviet Academy of Sciences at the Columbia University Bicentennial in...
Athenian-type helmet from Scythian barrow in Ukraine
In 1845, near the village of Zvenyhorodka in the Cherkasy oblast of Ukraine, a notable barrow was opened. The barrow was different from the...
Mezhyrich Mammoth Bone Hut is the most ancient human architecture known on earth. It...
In 1965 in central Ukraine, a farmer expanding his cellar dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth and other large bones. Further excavations...
Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine
Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...
Scythian Poison Scythicon: Deadly arrows
Scythian Poison Arrows The Scythians were famous for their deadly composite bows. They smeared their arrowheads with poison to make each of their successful shots...
Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it be?
"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...
Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of Kyiv Rus
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the most prominent English poets. Pope was fascinated by Homer since childhood and by 1720, he completed...
Odysseus-type ship discovered in the Black Sea became the oldest intact shipwreck known to...
"Oct. 2018. BULGARIA. Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where...
The name of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, consists of two words – ‘Bog’ (God)...
According to Wikipedia, "the name Baghdad is pre-Islamic, and its origin is disputed. The site where the city of Baghdad developed has been populated...
Tauric Chersonesus in Crimea vandalized by Russians in the 18th century, – description by...
Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) wrote in his famous book 'Travels in Russia' which became a bestseller in 19th-century Europe: "The country included within the isthmus...