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...

Alexandropol Scythian Royal Kurgan in Ukraine: Chief of ‘Big Barrows’

A century ago, British academic Dr. E. Minns concluded that the finest of the Scythian kurgans were "about the bend of the Dnépr, near...

Name ‘Iran’ came to Near East from Europe together with Aryan migration

According to Wikipedia, the term Iran derives from Middle Persian Ērān, first attested in a third-century A.D. inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam, with the accompanying...

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...

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,...

Dnieper River in the 5th century B.C. Description by Herodotus

The fourth river is the Borysthenes, which is the largest after the Ister , and in our opinion the most productive, not only of...

Targitaos-Heracles, ‘Ukrainian’ forefather of Scythian Nation

"According to the Scythians, theirs is the youngest of all nations, and it came into existence in the following way. The first man born...
Kernosiv idol, c, 3,000 BC

Mysterious Kernosiv Idol from Ukraine dating Third millennium BC is one of the finest...

According to Ukr Wiki, the unique statue was accidentally discovered while digging a silo pit in 1973 near the village of Kernosiv in the...

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...

Kyiv King Yaroslav the Wise and the Wheel of Law/ Dharma Chakra

In Buddhism, the Dharma Chakra is widely used to represent the Buddha's Dharma (Buddha's teaching and the universal moral order), Gautama Buddha himself, and...