Curious Horse Burials in Tovsta Mogyla Kyrgan: ‘Yin-Yang’ pattern?
As a rule, the higher the kurgan, the more horses were buried in it. From this perspective, although almost 9 meters tall Tovsta Mogyla...
Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the Great
Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...
Heart-shaped ornamentations on Kyiv Rus textiles 1000 years ago. ‘Sacral Ivy’?
What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...
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...
Not Iranians. Scythians originated in Ukraine [Yamna + Trypillia Cultures], – Genetic study shows
In 2025, an article by geneticists Lehti Saag, Olga Utevska, and a number of Ukrainian archaeologists was published ‘North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine...
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...
Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan where Scythian Gold Pectoral was found
A large Scythian Royal Kurgan of the 4th century BC situated near Pokrova in the Dnipro oblast of Ukraine was excavated in 1971 by...
Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it be?
"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...
Scythian Cavalry Heavy Armor: What museum recreation revealed
Gladkivshchina Kurgan #2 In 1982, researchers explored a burial site unique in its composition and state of preservation near the village of Gladkovshchina in central...
‘Northern’ Clothing of the Kushan, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires Elites
American Art Historian John M. Rosenfield wrote in his 'Dynastics Arts of the Kushans': "As carefully depicted by the sculptors, the clothing worn by...
