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...
Siversky Donets River, not the Don, is the Tanais of Ptolemy and Herodotus: Eastern...
Ptolemy, the famed Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, in his second most well-known work, Geography (Book 3.5), provides coordinates of the...
‘Ukrainians’ defended Greek colonies in Sicily 2,500 years ago: Legendary Battle of Himera against...
"It was one of the ancient world's greatest battles, pitting a Carthaginian army commanded by the general Hamilcar against a Greek alliance for control...
Oguz Scythian Royal Kurgan: Second Largest in Ukraine
With 20m in height, Oguz was the second-largest Scythian barrow situated in the lower Dnieper area. Alexandropol Kurgan was the first with 24m, Chertomlyk...
Attila the Hun was local to European Scythia/Ukraine: Priscus of Panium’s eyewitness account of...
Priscus of Panium was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian who, in 448/449 AD, accompanied Maximinus, the head of the Byzantine embassy representing Emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450), on a diplomatic mission to the...
Syria of Classical Antiquity’s interaction with Scythia-Ukraine in the 6th Century B.C.
"Meanwhile, the Scythians as allies of the Assyrians tried to raise the siege of Nineveh which was being prosecuted by the Medes; hence a...
Famous Scythian Snake Goddess: Gold Frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in Ukraine
Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...
Alexandropol Royal Scythian Kurgan: Excavations of the tallest barrow in Ukraine in 1856
Welcome to watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NiUU3-NbUWQ Alexandropol Kurgan, also previously known as the Lugova Mogyla or the Meadow Barrow, was recorded in the 19th century...
Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with Her Child and...
https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...
Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of Kyiv Rus
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the most prominent English poets. Pope was fascinated by Homer since childhood and by 1720, he completed...