Scythian Trousers Decorated with Griffin and Lion Plates: Solokha Gold Comb found in Ukraine...
As can be seen in the title image, the horserider on the Solokha comb was portrayed wearing wide trousers known also as anaxurides. The...
Unique Kyiv Rus Jewellery Art of 1,000 AD: Created in Kyiv possibly even for...
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...
Scythian Golden Comb with Battle Scene from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine [Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnUhpAFYKPY A true masterpiece of Scythian metalwork, an extraordinary Gold Comb crested with fighting Scythians was discovered in the Solokha Royal Kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia...
Scythian ceremonial gilded silver cup from Gaimanova Mogila Royal Kurgan in Ukraine
"The most outstanding work of Scytho-Classical art found in the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan is a small spherical gilded silver cup, with two flat horizontal...
Finger-Rings with Famous Bosporan Gold Stater in Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
As quoted in the previous part, the woman buried in Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan "wore eight rings, two seal rings, two sets with gold staters of...
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...
Scythian Physiognomy
The images are of the fist two warriors portrayed on vessel from the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan. First, you may want to read about the...
Parthian Empire once divided the world with Roman Empire. The Parthians were originally exiles...
"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...
Wine Preferences of Royal Scythians: Story of nearly 500 Greek Amphoras of Alexandropol Kurgan...
https://youtu.be/wATY2fhj5Zc During the 1855 excavations of the Central Tomb of Alexandropol Kurgan, the archaeologists discovered a niche in the western wall that was filled with...
