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...
‘Battle of Pygmies with Cranes’ theme in the Bosporan Kingdom: Flight of Soul to...
The legend of the Battle of Pygmies with Cranes was very popular in the Bosporan Kingdom in ancient times. As a reminder, the Bosporan...
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...
Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival
Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...
Face of Original Iran ruler: Colossal statue of Sassanian King Shapur I
Per Wikipedia, the term Iran was first attested in a 3rd-century A.D. inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam. The inscription where the term Iran is mentioned for...
Scythians lived on territory of present-day Ukraine in the Third Millenium BC already
There is a widespread misconception that the Scythians were the Iranian tribes that migrated to the area north of the Black (Euxine) Sea around...
Anacharsis, ‘Ukrainian’ Scythian Philosopher and Principles of Christian Frugality 500 years before Christ
Anacharsis was a legendary Scythian prince who made a trip to Athens in 6th century B.C. and made a friend with the famous Greek...
Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Why the Father of History made the journey
Academician B. Rybakov in his 1979 book ‘Scythia of Herodotus’: “After half a century of destructive Greco-Persian wars, during which the many thousands of armies...
Taurians or Tauroscythians
Wikipedia: "The Tauri (/ˈtaʊəri/; Ταῦροι in Ancient Greek), or Taurians, also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (Pliny, H. N. 4.85) were an ancient people settled on the southern coast of the Crimea peninsula, inhabiting...
Papaiosa [Scythian Zeus] and Scythian World Tree unique pole-top
"The only gods they try to appease are Hestia, who is their most important divinity, Zeus, and Earth," whom they consider to be the...
