First known Scorched Earth method took place in the area of Ukraine: Scythians used...

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The Scorched earth Wikipedia page tells us that "the Scythians used scorched-earth methods against the Persian Achaemenid Empire, led by King Darius the Great, during his European Scythian campaign....

Scythians lived on territory of present-day Ukraine in the Third Millenium BC already

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There is a widespread misconception that the Scythians were the Iranian tribes that migrated to the area north of the Black (Euxine) Sea around...

Famous Scythian Snake Goddess: Gold Frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in Ukraine

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Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...

Scythian Origin. Coloxais, King of Kings

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"According to the Scythians, theirs is the youngest of all nations, and it came into existence in the following way. The first man born...

Scythian King’s gorytos with the scenes of The Achilleid epic

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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,...

Vettersfelde Gold Fish Plaque: Ties to Cyzicus and Royal Scythians

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Denis Topal of the National Archaeology And History Museum Of Moldova: "The overall shape of the ‘fish’ looks like a member of the genus...

Amazons in European Scythia [Ukraine]: Fighting side-by-side with men

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https://youtu.be/W58UguK4DEY In the past century, intense archaeological excavations of the Scythian period kurgans were conducted in Southern Ukraine. The findings revealed that in Scythian times, female...

Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Places the Father of History visited

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“Without repeating what has already been said about Herodotus's brief excursions around Olbia (Cape Hippola, the sanctuary of Demeter, Hylaea, the mouth of the...

Unique Kyiv Rus Jewellery Art of 1,000 AD: Created in Kyiv possibly even for...

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L. V. Perars'ka, the Head of the Department of Medieval Kyiv at the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, and Special Research Assistant in...

Battle of Pygmies and Cranes: Pre-Homeric route from Scythia to Africa

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Homer in the Iliad: With shouts the Trojans, rushing from afar,  Proclaim their motions, and provoke the war  So when inclement winters vex the plain  With piercing frosts, or...