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...

Krasnokutsk Scythian Barrow & northern European beast-style millennium later

"In the same neighbourhood as Chertomlyk is the Krasnokutsk barrow. In its mound Zabélin found the fragments of a funeral car broken up and...

Wantonly destroying what is prized by enlightened nations is the Russians’ most striking national...

Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) wrote in his famous book 'Travels in Russia' which became a bestseller in 19th-century Europe: "The town of Kertchy, standing on...

Ukrainian language is likely the closest to original Proto-Indo-European language

British philologist William Jones in early 1786 voiced his famous "Phililoger Passage" which is considered the beginning of Indo-European studies. Here is what Jones...

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...

Zoroastrian Fire Worship and Purification of Metals: How and Where the Crucible ‘Damascus’ Steel...

In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at Academia.edu), Anna Marie...

Merab Dvalishvili: ‘Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Georgia!’

Merab Dvalishvili has been a supporter of Ukraine for some time already. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Merab made a statement...

Dancing ‘Aliens’: Silver figurines from Martynivka Treasure in Ukraine

Martynivka Treasure is a hoard consisting of 116 silver items (weighing about 3.3 kg) found in 1909, in the village of Martynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The treasure is...

Circular city of Baghdad and its predecessors

The picture in the previous article shows how the round city of Baghdad looked in 768 AD after its construction was completed. The city's...

Gold Deer Plaques on Human Skull: Synjavka Scythian barrow in Ukraine

The human skull covered with gold plates of two patterns was found in the central chamber of a Scythian barrow near the village of...