Eastern Ukraine, Don region 220 years ago: Edward Clarke’s eyewitness account of the population
The quotes below are from the bestselling book of the 18th century 'Travels in Russia' written by a British traveler Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822)....
‘Monkey and Cranes’ Gold Relief Overlay from Lytoi Scythian Kurgan in Ukraine
The two birds on the plaque were identified as cranes by Gerhard Friedrich Müller (although others see in them herons which is hard to...
First known Scorched Earth method took place in the area of Ukraine: Scythians used...
The Scorched earth Wikipedia page tells us that "the Scythians used scorched-earth methods against the Persian Achaemenid Empire, led by King Darius the Great, during his European Scythian campaign....
The first Scorched Earth policy was used by Scythians in the area of what...
Scorched earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and...
Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks
Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...
Yin-Yang symbol originated in the area of present-day Ukraine
The earliest known depiction of Yin-Yang symbol belongs to the Trypillia culture and dates to 5200 B.C. The oldest preserved drawing of this symbol...
Indian Trishula, Ukrainian Trident
Trishula is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism... The trishula has a number of interpretations in Hindu...
Most famous Scythian silver Amphora/Vase from Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan in Ukraine
The Amphora was found in 1863 in an impressive kurgan in the vicinity of Nikopol city in Ukraine and instantly taken to Hermitage. The...
Scythian Language: Proto-Indo-European, NOT Iranian
Scythian Theory Boxhorn In 1647, Leiden professor of eloquence Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn published a dissertation arguing for the Scythian origin of the Greek, Roman, and...
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...