Royal Scythia

Byzantine court historian and chronicler Leo the Deacon (born c. 950) who is particularly known for his eyewitness description of Sviatoslav I of Kyiv during the latter's invasion...

'The Father of History" Herodotus described the location of the royal Scythian necropolis in Book 4.71: "The kings of Scythia are buried in the...

The frieze vessel was found in the same chamber as the priestess. In the first scene, one lion-headed and one eagle-headed griffins tear a...

Located in the Ukrainian forest steppe, the Bilsk archaeological complex is the largest archaeological site in the region, covering an area of about 5000...

“Given the lack of folklore materials that could retrospectively illuminate the Slavic-Scythian relations of the 7th – 3rd centuries BC, one should turn to...

Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...

You can read about the Oguz Royal Scythian Kurgan here.

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

"The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise...

The authors of a recent article in The Daily Beast shared an opinion that according to the legends, "Achilles supposedly went mad and killed...