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...
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...
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...
Olga of Kyiv Used Firebirds to Destroy Enemies 1000 years ago: Kyiv’s drone attack...
"(946) Olga returned with the army and defeated the Dereva, but the survivors hid in the city of Iskorosten, and Olga with her army...
Merv/ Khorasan steelmaking site that produced the swords used by Kyiv Rus
"While the Romans were in consternation at this din, suddenly their enemies dropped the coverings of their armour, and were seen to be themselves...
Kyiv Rus were Hyperborean Tauro-Scythians, – 12th-century Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates
Niketas Choniates was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician. He accompanied his brother Michael Akominatos to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came his nickname, "Choniates" meaning...
Veche Assembly of Kyiv Rus: Scandinavians had a similar tradition, Muscovites never did
Per Wikipedia, Veche was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages. The veche is mentioned during the times of Kyiv Rus and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities...
Did the U.S. Constitution Begin in Ukraine?
< The division of powers - legislative, executive, judicial - could have been first introduced by Ukrainian hetman Pylyp Orlyk in his Constitution of...
Ukrainian Cossacks, their Black Sea naval raids on Chaika long-boats in the 17th century,...
Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan was a French engineer who worked in Poland between 1630 and 1647. He built fortifications in Ukraine, most of...
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...
