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Unique Royal Hat of a Rus ruler from a barrow near Kyiv

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The hat was discovered in 1877 by archaeologist Samokvasov in the same barrow as the shirt mentioned in the previous article. The hat is...

Ariadne, Labyrinth dance, spindle-whorls in Scythian tombs

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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...

Zoroastrian King of Armenia Tigranes II: Halley’s Comet on his Crown

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Tigranes the Great (140–55 BC), was a member of the Artaxiad dynasty and King of Armenia from 95 BC to 55 BC. Under his reign, the...

Griffins Pole-Tops from Alexandropol Kurgan

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Scythian bronze Pole-top: figures of griffins, 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. < Scythian Trident Pole Top ...

Dancing ‘Aliens’: Silver figurines from Martynivka Treasure in Ukraine

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Martynivka Treasure is a hoard consisting of 116 silver items (weighing about 3.3 kg) found in 1909, in the village of Martynivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. The treasure is...

Statue of Young Kanishka, King of Kushan Empire, Patron of Gandharan Buddism

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“If this child stays in the world, he will become a great all-wheeled king in the future, and if he goes home, he will...

Amazons Female Warriors Burials in Scythia [present-day Ukraine]

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Dr. Olena E. Fialko of Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in her recently published work "Scythian Female Warriors in...

Parthian Empire once divided the world with Roman Empire. The Parthians were originally exiles...

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"The Parthians, in whose hands the empire of the east now is, having divided the world, as it were, with the Romans, were originally exiles...

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,...

Scythian Torques/ Gryvnas

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