Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Why the Father of History made the journey

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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...

Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the Great

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Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...

Tauroscythian King Scilurus, founder of Scythian Neapolis in Taurica/Crimea: Facial reconstruction by M. Gerasimov

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A powerful Scythian Kingdom existed in Northern Crimea/Taurica in the 2nd century BC. Its capital was Scythian Neapolis, near the modern city of Simferopol.Archaeological...

Cromlech/ Stone Circle inside Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan

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A cromlech is a megalithic circle made of large stones arranged vertically, often around a tomb or place of worship. (Stonehenge is the most famous example...

Androphagi-Cannibals of the ancient Europe described by Herodotus lived in the area of present-day...

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"These farming Scythians inhabit a land stretching eastward a three days' journey to a river called Panticapes, and northward as far as an eleven...

Battle Scenes including Amazon Female Warrior on Gold Scabbard from Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan in...

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The scabbard was recently exhibited in the Met Museum and here is how the Met Museum described it: "In the main frieze is a battle...

Odysseus-type ship discovered in the Black Sea became the oldest intact shipwreck known to...

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"Oct. 2018. BULGARIA. Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where...

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...

The Rus on al-Kashgari Map of 1074

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According to Wikipedia, "Mahmud al-Kashgari was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan, a town in the southeastern part...

Zoroastrian King of Armenia Tigranes II: Halley’s Comet on his Crown

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Tigranes the Great (140–55 BC), was a member of the Artaxiad dynasty and King of Armenia from 95 BC to 55 BC. Under his reign, the...