Women fought in the ranks of Sviatoslav the Brave’s army in the 10th century...
John Skylitzes, a Byzantine historian of the 11th century described a notable event that took place on Bulgarian soil several decades before he was...
Scythians, the Yamnaya Culture offspring
Dr. David W. Anthony: "... Mobile pastoral nomadism of a new militaristic type appeared in the Iron Age with the Scythians. But the Scythians...
Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher and prince
Cicero: "Could the Scythian Anacharsis disregard money, and shall not our philosophers be able to do so? We are informed of an epistle of...
Ariadne, Labyrinth dance, spindle-whorls in Scythian tombs
Homer in the Iliad wrote that "Daedalus in Cnossos once contrived; A dancing-floor for fair-haired Ariadne" and scholars are confident that it was the...
Unique burial of young Amazon female warrior in Kherson region of Ukraine
3 - Bronze mirror with iron handle; 4 - Wooden grinder; 5 - iron clasp; 6 - stones for sling; 7 - stone plate; 8 - iron knife with bone handle; 9 - iron handles; 10 - spike of an iron javelin; 11 - spike of an iron spear.
Eastern Ukraine, Don region 220 years ago: Edward Clarke’s eyewitness account of the population
The quotes below are from the bestselling book of the 18th century 'Travels in Russia' written by a British traveler Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822)....
Scythians had enormous stature and were a terrifying sight for enemies
"In the daytime, however, the first thing to meet the Macedonians would be the terrifying sight of Scythians and Bactrians with their shaggy faces...
Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it be?
"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...
Castles of Kyiv Rus: Why the realm was called Gardariki
The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...
