Scythian Nation was possibly older than the Egyptian one
We all read that the Scythians were some "Iranian tribes" that moved to the North around the ninth century B.C. Well, that is a...
Scythian King’s gorytos with the scenes of The Achilleid epic
The gorytos was found in one of the Scythian Barrows in Ukraine and is now on display in Kyiv’s Museum of Treasures. Royal Scythia,...
Scythians in The Iliad
Not many people know that Homer mentioned Scythians in his Iliad, only they are mentioned in it under different name. Here is the passage: Now...
Zoroastrian Fire Worship and Purification of Metals: How and Where the Crucible ‘Damascus’ Steel...
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...
Russian ‘renovation’ of Kyiv St. Sophia frescoes in 1850s became ‘an act of vandalism...
"In the summer of 1843, during Solntsev’s stay in Kyiv, a discovery in the Kyivan St. Sophia led to one of the most thorough...
Priestess in Golden Tiara with Maenads from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan in Ukraine
"In the northern part into which the passage led lay a narrow board 2m. long with a hole to hold the bottom of the...
Famous Hjortspring Boat Unearthed in Scandinavia Came from Eastern Baltic, 2,400-Year-Old Evidence Shows. Can...
"An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during...
Women fought in the ranks of Sviatoslav the Brave’s army in the 10th century...
John Skylitzes, a Byzantine historian of the 11th century described a notable event that took place on Bulgarian soil several decades before he was...
Ditches around Scythian Kurgans
Famous Ukrainian archaeologist Boris Mozolevsky who excavated Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan and found the famous Golden Pectoral in it held the view that the ditches...
Unique Royal Hat of a Rus ruler from a barrow near Kyiv
The hat was discovered in 1877 by archaeologist Samokvasov in the same barrow as the shirt mentioned in the previous article. The hat is...
