Scythian Funeral Cart from Alexandropol Kurgan
During the summer of 1856, A.E. Liutsenko reported finding the remains of a Scythian funeral cart in the kurgan. Considering its closeness to the...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: A Pendant Earring
"Cradle of Civilizations" book has rare images of a similar set from a famous barrow near the Azov Sea. < PREVIOUS
5,500 years-old Yamnaya settlement in Ukraine sheds light on the origins of the mysterious...
Mykhailivka, a village on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine, lies dangerously close to the front line of Russia’s war on its western neighbor....
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...
Scythian Vessel with Hunting Scenes from Solokha Kurgan
The vessel has two hunting scenes in relief. In the first scene, two horseriders hunt a lion. The left horserider is shooting a bow,...
Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of Kyiv Rus
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the most prominent English poets. Pope was fascinated by Homer since childhood and by 1720, he completed...
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Gold Torque or Gryvna
In Mozolevsky's opinion, the gold torque or gryvna found on the lady in Tovsta Mogyla Barrow is one of the best examples known. The...
Scythian Torques/ Gryvnas
The torques or gryvnas were the symbols of high office in the Scythian world. These adornments were worn by both men and women of...
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...
‘One of the most perfect Scythic tombs known’: Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
In 1884, Polish archaeologist Godfryd Ossowski explored the great kurgan near the present-day city of Zvenigorodka, some 150km to the south of Kyiv. But...
