Scythian Physiognomy

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The images are of the fist two warriors portrayed on vessel from the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan. First, you may want to read about the...

Gold Deer Plaques on Human Skull: Synjavka Scythian barrow in Ukraine

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The human skull covered with gold plates of two patterns was found in the central chamber of a Scythian barrow near the village of...

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...

‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century B.C.

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"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...

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 Kurgan Artifacts: Decoration Plates

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You can read about the Oguz Royal Scythian Kurgan here.

Serpent Goddess and Progenitress of the Scythian Nation: Gold frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in...

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"On the S. side of the river, in the district of Melitopol, government of Taurida, is the barrow Tsymbalka near Bélozérka. As usual, the...

Scythian Warlord from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan

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Chochorowski, Skoryj in the Bolshoi Ryzhanovsky Kurgan book: "Beginning from the entrance, the burial chamber was divided for most of its length by a partition...

Dnieper River in the 5th century B.C. Description by Herodotus

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"The fourth river is the Borysthenes, which is the largest after the Ister , and in our opinion the most productive, not only of...

‘Clearly Europeoid’ Scythian Skull Found in Ukraine: Facial reconstruction by M. Gerasimov

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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...