Oguz Scythian Royal Kurgan: Second Largest in Ukraine
With 20m in height, Oguz was the second-largest Scythian barrow situated in the lower Dnieper area. Alexandropol Kurgan was the first with 24m, Chertomlyk...
World’s Oldest Gold in the Wealthiest Burial of the 5th Millennium B.C. First Kings...
In October 1972, near the modern-day city of Varna in Bulgaria a vast Copper Age necropolis dating to the 5th Millennium BC was discovered...
Griffin Pendants from 11th century Kyiv in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Temple Pendant with Filigree Border | Kyivan Rus’ | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: These temple pendants are decorated on one side with griffins, mythical...
‘God Pan playing flute and two goats’ on Scythian sword handle from Tovsta Mogyla...
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)...
Parthian Empire once divided the world with Roman Empire. The Parthians were originally exiles...
"The Parthians, in whose hands the empire of the east now is, having divided the world, as it were, with the Romans, were originally exiles...
Dnieper River in the 5th century B.C. Description by Herodotus
The fourth river is the Borysthenes, which is the largest after the Ister , and in our opinion the most productive, not only of...
Ukrainians are a brotherly nation to the Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians. They have no relation...
At around 1800, famous English traveler Edward Daniel Clarke described his first impressions after meeting Ukrainians: "We began to perceive that the farther we...
Unique Royal Hat of a Rus ruler from a barrow near Kyiv
The hat was discovered in 1877 by archaeologist Samokvasov in the same barrow as the shirt mentioned in the previous article. The hat is...
Scythian ceremonial gilded silver cup from Gaimanova Mogila Royal Kurgan in Ukraine
"The most outstanding work of Scytho-Classical art found in the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan is a small spherical gilded silver cup, with two flat horizontal...
Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece
Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...
