Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv was of Tauroscythian Royal Descent. Just like Anacharsis and...

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Byzantine court historian and chronicler Leo the Deacon (born c. 950) who is particularly known for his eyewitness description of Sviatoslav I of Kyiv during the latter's invasion...

The Rus were the Tauroscythians whose native land was Taurica/ Crimea. The first description...

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The name Rus is first directly attested to in the 'Life of St. George of Amastris' written by Ignatios the Deacon (d. after 845)....

Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it be?

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"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...

Scythian Wild Boar Silver Rhyton found in Ukraine but now in Louvre, France

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From the little available information, the rhyton was stolen by Moscow and sold to France. Now in Louvre. "Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus" book has...

‘Ukrainians’ defended Greek colonies in Sicily 2,500 years ago: Legendary Battle of Himera against...

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"It was one of the ancient world's greatest battles, pitting a Carthaginian army commanded by the general Hamilcar against a Greek alliance for control...

Siversky Donets River, not the Don, is the Tanais of Ptolemy and Herodotus: Eastern...

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Ptolemy, the famed Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, in his second most well-known work, Geography (Book 3.5), provides coordinates of the...

Funeral ritual performed by warriors of Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv after the Battle...

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The battles during the Siege of Dorostolon were fought in 971 on Bulgarian soil between the Byzantine Empire and forces of Kyiv Rus. Byzantine court historian...

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...

Royal Child Burial in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Miniature wine vessels and rhyton

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According to scholars, the royal child burial in Tovsta Mogyla is the only unlooted one known. Most likely the child had a belt around...

Scythian King who fought Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon: His famous...

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Watch it on YouTube: Scythian King who fought Philip II of Macedon: His burial in Ukraine The gigantic, magnificent Scythian Royal Kurgan of Chertomlyk was...