Royal Child Burial in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Miniature wine vessels and rhyton

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According to scholars, the royal child burial in Tovsta Mogyla is the only unlooted one known. Most likely the child had a belt around...

Priestess in Golden Tiara with Maenads from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan in Ukraine

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"In the northern part into which the passage led lay a narrow board 2m. long with a hole to hold the bottom of the...

Gold Deer Plaques on Human Skull: Synjavka Scythian barrow in Ukraine

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

‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia 2500 years ago

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8T0Uowrltw When one searches for the boundaries of Scythia, one sees many different maps with boundaries stretching all the way to India and Afghanistan. While...

Chalcidian-type helmet that was found in Ukraine

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According to Wikipedia, a Chalcidian type helmet was a helmet made of bronze and was worn by ancient warriors of the Hellenic world, especially...

Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia

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“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...

European Scythians founded Persian and Bactrian empires, not vice versa

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"They thrice aspired to the supreme command in Asia; while they themselves remained always either unmolested or unconquered by any foreign power. Darius, king...

Scythian Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogila, Ukraine

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Dr. Dmitry Raevsky: "The discovery of this pectoral by the archaeologist from Kyiv B.N.Mozolevskiy in 1971 caused an unprecedented sensation in Scythian studies at...

Silver Finger-Ring from 12th century Kyiv in the British Museum

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Finger-ring, Kyivan Rus' / Kyivan Rus', Ukraine, Street of the Three Saints | The British Museum Images Silver finger-ring; bezel a cast disc; nielloed foliate...

Waterfowl Scythian Pole-Top from Alexandropol Kurgan

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Scythian bronze Pole-top: a waterfowl (swan?), 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. Griffins Pole Tops >