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...

Scythian Supreme Goddess Tabiti

"The Scythians worship only the following gods: Hestia above all, then Zeus and Gaia... Hestia in Scythian is called Tabiti, Zeus is Papaios, Gaia...

Vettersfelde Gold Fish Plaque: Ties to Cyzicus and Royal Scythians

Denis Topal of the National Archaeology And History Museum Of Moldova: "The overall shape of the ‘fish’ looks like a member of the genus...

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...

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...

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...

‘Targitaus hands his bow to his youngest son’ scene on Gaimanova Mogila cup?

Scythologist Dmitry Raevsky in an article at the UNESCO site wrote: "A few years ago, during the excavations at Gaimanova Mogila in Ukraine, a...

Scythian King with Famous Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine: Details of Scythian...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z761ftJkko One of the largest Scythian Royal kurgans, the 18 meter-high Solokha kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of 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...

Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher and prince

Cicero: "Could the Scythian Anacharsis disregard money, and shall not our philosophers be able to do so? We are informed of an epistle of...