Scythian King Ateas defeated Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great,...

Ateas (ca. 429 BC – 339 BC) was described in Greek and Roman sources as the most powerful king of Scythia. His name also occurs as Atheas, Ateia, Ataias,...

Anacharsis, ‘Ukrainian’ Scythian Philosopher and Principles of Christian Frugality 500 years before Christ

Anacharsis was a legendary Scythian prince who made a trip to Athens in 6th century B.C. and made a friend with the famous Greek...

Secret of gold-painted ceramic vessels from Varna Necropolis

"Ceramic vessels - plate and bowl from grave 4 of the Varna Chalcolithic necropolis. The plate is a wide flat plate and the bowl...

Kushan Empire Fireworshiping Kings with Tridents

Vima Kadphises (c. AD 113–127) was an Indo-Scythian King who expanded the Kushan territory in Afghanistan and northwest India. David Jongeward in his book 'Kushan Mystique' described Vima's...

Trypillia Megasites: The first cities of humanity were not in Mesopotamia, but in Ukraine,...

6,000 years ago, people in the Eastern European forest-steppe built planned settlements with houses in concentric rings. Archaeologists argue about whether an egalitarian social...

Kyiv Rus’ Influence on Czech, Bohemia Jewelry Ornamentation: 10th-century Rhyton with Floral Motif from...

“The second bullhorn from the Black Barrow, embossed and engraved, is of a completely different nature. Its silver mount is completely covered with a...

The Rus were the Tauroscythians whose native land was Taurica/ Crimea. The first description...

The name Rus is first directly attested to in the 'Life of St. George of Amastris' written by Ignatios the Deacon (d. after 845)....

Arsacid Dynasty: Aryan Saka/Scythians?

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "since the late 20th century, a growing number of scholars have rejected both the Aryan invasion hypothesis and the use...
Trypillian Vase, ca 4000 BC. National Museum of History of Ukraine. Photo by the author of the article

Yin-Yang symbol was created in more northern area than China?

The theory that the original Yin-Yang symbol described the change of a pole’s shadow length during a year corresponds well with the meaning of...

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...