Scythian Sword in Golden Sheath from large multicomplex burial mound Mamai-Hora in Ukraine
Mamai-Hora or Mount Mamai is the largest multicomplex burial mound of national importance in the Northern Black Sea region. It is located on the left...
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...
Amazons in European Scythia [Ukraine]: Fighting side-by-side with men
https://youtu.be/W58UguK4DEY In the past century, intense archaeological excavations of the Scythian period kurgans were conducted in Southern Ukraine. The findings revealed that in Scythian times, female...
Circular Settlements of Trypillya Culture 6000 years ago in Ukraine: prototype of Plato’s ideal...
According to Wikipedia, Trypillia culture was a Neolithic–Chalcolithic archaeological culture (c. 5500 to 2750 B.C.) of Eastern Europe... During its middle phase (c. 4000...
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...
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...
Statue of Young Kanishka, King of Kushan Empire, Patron of Gandharan Buddism
“If this child stays in the world, he will become a great all-wheeled king in the future, and if he goes home, he will...
Scythian Goddess Argimpasa [Aphrodite Ourania] Pole-Top
Scythian bronze Pole-top: a Scythian goddess, 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. Scholars like M. Rostovtzeff thought that the goddess was Argimpasa: "......
Ukrainian words in English Language
The Drevnost' Malorossiiskogo Yazyka was published in 1880 in Odesa. It is available in the original language at Archive.org (In case the link...
Tauroscythian King Scilurus, founder of Scythian Neapolis in Taurica/Crimea: Facial reconstruction by M. Gerasimov
A powerful Scythian Kingdom existed in Northern Crimea/Taurica in the 2nd century BC. Its capital was Scythian Neapolis, near the modern city of Simferopol.Archaeological...





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