Zoroastrian Circular Cities: Darabgerd, Gur, Balkh
The city of Darabgerd was one of the most famous of the Persian cities. Its ruins are located 9 km southwest of the modern...
Scythian Trousers & Their Decorations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2tin2JYhw Scythian artifacts offer a unique opportunity to explore the details of Scythian attire and weapons. For example, let’s take a closer look at one...
Spain seizes ancient Scythian gold jewellery stolen from Ukraine worth $64 million
MADRID, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Spain has seized ancient gold artefacts valued at 60 million euros ($63.6 million) stolen from Ukraine after thieves were...
Achilles and Ukraine
“Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles,” is the opening line of the Iliad. Achilles was the warrior who became the very symbol...
Amazons, Greeks, Scythians, Saurometae: Herodotus’ alleged visit to Amazons’ capital of Themiscyra on Thermodon...
“On his return journey , besides Colchis, we can note another region whose narrative conveys a "presence effect." Herodotus several times mentions the city...
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...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century B.C.
"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...
‘Amazon in Battle’ scene on golden scabbard from Chertomlyk Royal Barrow in Ukraine
The sheath was first described for international audience in the "Scythians and Greeks" book by E. Minns published in 1913. Below is a drawing...
Scythian Sword and Sheath from Solokha Royal Kurgan
The Solokha barrow, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, not far from the city of Nikopol in central Ukraine, was excavated in...
Situla from Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
Situla (plural situlae), from the Latin word for 'bucket' or 'pail', is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels...














