Olga of Kyiv, Sviatoslav the Brave, Vladimir the Great, Yaroslav the Wise were Kings...

Professor of History  Dr. C. Raffensperger in Introduction to his recently published book 'Kingdom of Rus': "Examining a wide range of medieval sources, the...

Finger-Rings with Famous Bosporan Gold Stater in Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan

As quoted in the previous part, the woman buried in Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan "wore eight rings, two seal rings, two sets with gold staters of...

Zoroastrian King of Armenia Tigranes II: Halley’s Comet on his Crown

Tigranes the Great (140–55 BC), was a member of the Artaxiad dynasty and King of Armenia from 95 BC to 55 BC. Under his reign, 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...

Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian prominent sculptor inspired by Scythian Art

M. Shkandrij in his 'Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine' published in Boston in 2019, wrote that Alexander Archipenko "called for a renewal of “ancient polychromy which is far...

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...
Stolen from Melitopol Museum by Moscow ossupants during 2022 invasion

Taurians or Tauroscythians

Wikipedia: "The Tauri (/ˈtaʊəri/; Ταῦροι in Ancient Greek), or Taurians, also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (Pliny, H. N. 4.85) were an ancient people settled on the southern coast of the Crimea peninsula, inhabiting...

Bilsk Scythian archaeological complex in Ukraine: Largest Fortified Settlement of the early Iron Age...

Located in the Ukrainian forest steppe, the Bilsk archaeological complex is the largest archaeological site in the region, covering an area of about 5000...

‘Clearly Europeoid’ Scythian Skull Found in Ukraine: Facial reconstruction by M. Gerasimov

Mikhail Gerasimov (1907 - 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and...
Scythian (?) shirt, Rossava village Royal Barrow, 1877

Kyiv (Kyawh) was famous for its textile in the 10th c. even in Asia...

"The cloth of these lands and localities is famous, especially that of their capital, which is called Kyawh. Famous and noted cities of the Rus are Crsk and Hrqh." A...