Tauroscythian King Scilurus, founder of Scythian Neapolis in Taurica/Crimea: Facial reconstruction by M. Gerasimov

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A powerful Scythian Kingdom existed in Northern Crimea/Taurica in the 2nd century BC. Its capital was Scythian Neapolis, near the modern city of Simferopol.Archaeological...

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...

Chumaks, the Ox-Cart Drivers: Ukrainians named the Milky Way Galaxy after them – the...

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"We met frequent caravans of the Malo-Russians , who differ altogether from the inhabitants of the rest of Russia. Their features are those of...

55th Anniversary of the Scythian Gold Pectoral discovery! [June 21, 1971]

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https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...

Face of Original Iran ruler: Colossal statue of Sassanian King Shapur I

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Per Wikipedia, the term Iran was first attested in a 3rd-century A.D. inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam. The inscription where the term Iran is mentioned for...

Scythian Battle-Scene Golden Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine

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A true masterpiece of Scythian metalwork, an extraordinary Gold Comb crested with fighting Scythians was discovered in Solokha Royal Kurgan in Zaporizhzhia region of...

Odysseus-type ship discovered in the Black Sea became the oldest intact shipwreck known to...

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"Oct. 2018. BULGARIA. Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where...

Scythian Armor Technology: Unique 5th-century BC iron scaly full protecive suit discovered in Ukraine

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1976 December issue of The UNESCO Courier had the following passage: “How Scythian horsemen of 2,500 years ago dressed, and the kind of equipment they...
Scythian Taming a Horse scene on the Chertomlyk Vase, 4th c BC

Horse was first domesticated in Ukraine 6000 years ago

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Adrian Parvulescu in his scientific article The Indo-European Horse: A linguistic reconstruction writes the following: "Archaeologically reconstructed, the IE horse was a relatively...

‘Targitaus hands his bow to his youngest son’ scene on Gaimanova Mogila cup?

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Scythologist Dmitry Raevsky in an article at the UNESCO site wrote: "A few years ago, during the excavations at Gaimanova Mogila in Ukraine, a...