Royal Scythia

The torques or gryvnas were the symbols of high office in the Scythian world. These adornments were worn by both men and women of...

The Solokha barrow, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, not far from the city of Nikopol in central Ukraine, was excavated in...

“The second bullhorn from the Black Barrow, embossed and engraved, is of a completely different nature. Its silver mount is completely covered with a...

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...

Mikhail Gerasimov (1907 - 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and...

https://youtu.be/L-75PvHzT0M The excavations of the grandiose Scythian funeral complex at Alexandropol in Ukraine were described in the previous video on this channel. Alexander Liutsenko, who excavated...

There is a widespread misconception that the Scythians were the Iranian tribes that migrated to the area north of the Black (Euxine) Sea around...

What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...

The article 'The Origin of Horseback Riding' was published in The Scientific American Magazine's 1991 December issue. It was the time when Ukraine was...

Herodotus gave the most detailed description of Scythia in his work written about 480–420 BC. Most likely, the Greek historian made a visit to...