Ancient gold coin from Bosporan Kingdom in Crimea sells for a record-breaking £4.8m
"The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise...
Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia
“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...
Famous Scythian Snake Goddess: Gold Frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in Ukraine
Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...
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...
Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece
Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...
‘Monkey and Cranes’ Gold Relief Overlay from Lytoi Scythian Kurgan in Ukraine
The two birds on the plaque were identified as cranes by Gerhard Friedrich Müller (although others see in them herons which is hard to...
Funeral ritual performed by warriors of Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv after the Battle...
The battles during the Siege of Dorostolon were fought in 971 on Bulgarian soil between the Byzantine Empire and forces of Kyiv Rus. Byzantine court historian...
Sculptured birds on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
"Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus" book has some insights about Gorden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla.
Dnieper River in the 5th century B.C. Description by Herodotus
The fourth river is the Borysthenes, which is the largest after the Ister , and in our opinion the most productive, not only of...
‘Battle of Pygmies with Cranes’ theme in the Bosporan Kingdom: Flight of Soul to...
The legend of the Battle of Pygmies with Cranes was very popular in the Bosporan Kingdom in ancient times. As a reminder, the Bosporan...
