Androphagi-Cannibals of the ancient Europe described by Herodotus lived in the area of present-day...
"These farming Scythians inhabit a land stretching eastward a three days' journey to a river called Panticapes, and northward as far as an eleven...
Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece
Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...
Kyiv Golden Gate at Winter Solstice
The picture was taken by the author of this post at noon (13 o'clock 'winter time') on December 20, 2023. The actual Winter Solstice...
‘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...
Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
5,500-year-old Megalithic Kurgan in Ukraine: Origin of spectacular funeral rites of the Scythians and...
In early 2021 to the south of Dnipro city in central Ukraine, archaeologists discovered a huge ancient structure measuring 7.5 meters in height and...
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...
Scythian Supreme Goddess Tabiti
"The Scythians worship only the following gods: Hestia above all, then Zeus and Gaia... Hestia in Scythian is called Tabiti, Zeus is Papaios, Gaia...
The first Scorched Earth policy was used by Scythians in the area of what...
Scorched earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century B.C.
"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...