Spain seizes ancient Scythian gold jewellery stolen from Ukraine worth $64 million

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MADRID, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Spain has seized ancient gold artefacts valued at 60 million euros ($63.6 million) stolen from Ukraine after thieves were...

The Rus raided Spain’s Seville in 844 AD arriving on boats. Arabic sources called...

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Ya'qubi (died 897/8), also referred to as al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim Geographer born in Baghdad. Introduction to a recent publication of his work states...

In antiquity, Ukrainian Snake island had Colossal statue of Apollo on it that was...

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The authors of a recent article in The Daily Beast shared an opinion that according to the legends, "Achilles supposedly went mad and killed...

‘God Pan playing flute and two goats’ on Scythian sword handle from Tovsta Mogyla...

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In the triangle on the sword’s handle, there is a representation of the god Pan playing on his syringa (Pan flute or Pan pipes)...

Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan in Ukraine could be the famous Queen Tirgatao

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Scholars date Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan to the first half of the 4th century B.C. The woman buried it it was given a very sumptious...

Scythian Goddess Argimpasa [Aphrodite Ourania] Pole-Top

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Scythian bronze Pole-top: a Scythian goddess, 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. Scholars like M. Rostovtzeff thought that the goddess was Argimpasa: "......

Grasshoppers on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla

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The ends of the lower zone of the Pectoral terminate in the hounds coursing hares and grasshoppers confronting each other. Already Boris Mozolevsky, the...

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 Royal Hat of a Rus ruler from a barrow near Kyiv

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The hat was discovered in 1877 by archaeologist Samokvasov in the same barrow as the shirt mentioned in the previous article. The hat is...

Scythians in The Iliad

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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...