Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it be?
"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...
Chumaks, the Ox-Cart Drivers: Ukrainians named the Milky Way Galaxy after them – the...
"We met frequent caravans of the Malo-Russians , who differ altogether from the inhabitants of the rest of Russia. Their features are those of...
Dancing ‘Aliens’: Silver figurines from Martynivka Treasure in Ukraine
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...
Unique Royal Hat of a Rus ruler from a barrow near Kyiv
The hat was discovered in 1877 by archaeologist Samokvasov in the same barrow as the shirt mentioned in the previous article. The hat is...
The Rus were the Tauroscythians whose native land was Taurica/ Crimea. The first description...
The name Rus is first directly attested to in the 'Life of St. George of Amastris' written by Ignatios the Deacon (d. after 845)....
Gold Sheath and Ceremonial Sword from Vettersfelde Treasure
Denis Topal of the National Archaeology And History Museum Of Moldova: "The ceremonial sword from Vettersfelde Treasure belongs to the earliest part of the...
Krasnokutsk Scythian Barrow & northern European beast-style millennium later
"In the same neighbourhood as Chertomlyk is the Krasnokutsk barrow. In its mound Zabélin found the fragments of a funeral car broken up and...
Scythian Heracles and Medusa gold plates from Chmyreva Barrow in Ukraine
"Harness and cars were decorated with all imaginable metal plates of gold or bronze. Especially important were the frontlets and cheek ornaments on the...
Indian Trishula, Ukrainian Trident
Trishula is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism... The trishula has a number of interpretations in Hindu...
