First known Scorched Earth method took place in the area of Ukraine: Scythians used...
The Scorched earth Wikipedia page tells us that "the Scythians used scorched-earth methods against the Persian Achaemenid Empire, led by King Darius the Great, during his European Scythian campaign....
Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Gold Torque or Gryvna
The gold hryvnia that was found on the neck of the Queen is one of the most artistically perfect works of goldsmithing. Its weight...
Scythian Trousers Decorated with Griffin and Lion Plates: Solokha Gold Comb found in Ukraine...
As can be seen in the title image, the horserider on the Solokha comb was portrayed wearing wide trousers known also as anaxurides. The...
Scythian King’s gorytos with the scenes of The Achilleid epic
The gorytos was found in one of the Scythian Barrows in Ukraine and is now on display in Kyiv’s Museum of Treasures. Royal Scythia,...
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...
Scythian Torques/ Gryvnas
The torques or gryvnas were the symbols of high office in the Scythian world. These adornments were worn by both men and women of...
Silver Finger-Ring from 12th century Kyiv in the British Museum
Finger-ring, Kyivan Rus' / Kyivan Rus', Ukraine, Street of the Three Saints | The British Museum Images Silver finger-ring; bezel a cast disc; nielloed foliate...
Waterfowl Scythian Pole-Top from Alexandropol Kurgan
Scythian bronze Pole-top: a waterfowl (swan?), 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. Griffins Pole Tops >
Grasshoppers on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla
The ends of the lower zone of the Pectoral terminate in the hounds coursing hares and grasshoppers confronting each other. Already Boris Mozolevsky, the...
