Kyiv King Yaroslav the Wise and the Wheel of Law/ Dharma Chakra

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In Buddhism, the Dharma Chakra is widely used to represent the Buddha's Dharma (Buddha's teaching and the universal moral order), Gautama Buddha himself, and...

Indo-Scythian King Kanishka and the First Crucible ‘Damascus Steel’ Sword

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In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at Academia.edu), Anna Marie...

Who Was Buried in Alexandropol Kurgan: Skulls from Scythian Royal Barrow

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A.E. Liutsenko who excavated Alexandropol kurgan in 1854–55, was the first who preserved the skulls of the people who were buried in it. Unfortunately,...

Gelon-Bilsk Grandiose Scythian Fortress in Central Ukraine: Account of Herodotus

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“In exploring Herodotus' route through the northern Scythian regions, it is necessary to touch upon the detailed description of the city of Gelon in...

Oguz Scythian Royal Kurgan: Second Largest in Ukraine

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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...

Scythian Faces on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, Ukraine

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B. Mozolevsky while commenting on the details of the world-famous Golden Pectoral he discovered in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, noted the size of the heads...

Russian ‘renovation’ of Kyiv St. Sophia frescoes in 1850s became ‘an act of vandalism...

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"In the summer of 1843, during Solntsev’s stay in Kyiv, a discovery in the Kyivan St. Sophia led to one of the most thorough...

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...

Scythian King with Famous Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine: Details of Scythian...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z761ftJkko One of the largest Scythian Royal kurgans, the 18 meter-high Solokha kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the...

Scythian Origin. Coloxais, King of Kings

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"According to the Scythians, theirs is the youngest of all nations, and it came into existence in the following way. The first man born...