Royal Scythia

"Cradle of Civilizations" book has rare images of a similar set from a famous barrow near the Azov Sea. < PREVIOUS

"In the northern part into which the passage led lay a narrow board 2m. long with a hole to hold the bottom of the...

In Mozolevsky's opinion, the gold torque or gryvna found on the lady in Tovsta Mogyla Barrow is one of the best examples known. The...

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

"Where can we look for the most ancient references to our Rus, that is, to the Rus’ people? We will not discuss the Biblical people...

The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...

The ends of the lower zone of the Pectoral terminate in the hounds coursing hares and grasshoppers confronting each other. Already Boris Mozolevsky, the...

The Solokha barrow, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, not far from the city of Nikopol in central Ukraine, was excavated in...

L. V. Perars'ka, the Head of the Department of Medieval Kyiv at the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, and Special Research Assistant in...

Priscus of Panium was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian who, in 448/449 AD, accompanied Maximinus, the head of the Byzantine embassy representing Emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450), on a diplomatic mission to the...