Unique burial of young Amazon female warrior in Kherson region of Ukraine

0
3 - Bronze mirror with iron handle; 4 - Wooden grinder; 5 - iron clasp; 6 - stones for sling; 7 - stone plate; 8 - iron knife with bone handle; 9 - iron handles; 10 - spike of an iron javelin; 11 - spike of an iron spear.

‘God Pan playing flute and two goats’ on Scythian sword handle from Tovsta Mogyla...

0
In the triangle on the sword’s handle, there is a representation of the god Pan playing on his syringa (Pan flute or Pan pipes)...

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

0
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...

Artemis’ Cult originated in Taurica, present-day Crimea?

0
"Properly speaking Artemis stands for something different from either Demeter or Aphrodite. She stands for the fact of life itself as it exists in...

Cro-Magnon Couple from Crimea/Taurica c. 10,000 BC: Indigenous population of the peninsula

0
Mikhail Gerasimov (1907 - 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and...

Indo-Scythian King Kanishka and the First Crucible ‘Damascus Steel’ Sword

0
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...

Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece

0
Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...

Curious Horse Burials in Tovsta Mogyla Kyrgan: ‘Yin-Yang’ pattern?

0
As a rule, the higher the kurgan, the more horses were buried in it. From this perspective, although almost 9 meters tall Tovsta Mogyla...

Amazon Sarcophagus from Terquinii, Etruscan Culture

0
The sarcophagus, painted with various scenes of an Amazonomachia, was discovered in 1869 in a grave at a little distance from Corneto, a city in...

Sword Hilts of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings by centuries

0
"We have irrefutable evidence that at least the sword hilts were made in Rus cities. Regarding the peculiar hilts of the swords from...