Royal Scythia

Byzantine court historian and chronicler Leo the Deacon (born c. 950) who is particularly known for his eyewitness description of Sviatoslav I of Kyiv during the latter's invasion...

You can read about the Oguz Royal Scythian Kurgan here.

A.E. Liutsenko who excavated Alexandropol kurgan in 1854–55, was the first who preserved the skulls of the people who were buried in it. Unfortunately,...

In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at Academia.edu), Anna Marie...

The authors of a recent article in The Daily Beast shared an opinion that according to the legends, "Achilles supposedly went mad and killed...

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...

'The Father of History" Herodotus described the location of the royal Scythian necropolis in Book 4.71: "The kings of Scythia are buried in the...

The images are of the fist two warriors portrayed on vessel from the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan. First, you may want to read about the...

Dr. Dmitry Raevsky: "The discovery of this pectoral by the archaeologist from Kyiv B.N.Mozolevskiy in 1971 caused an unprecedented sensation in Scythian studies at...

"Cradle of Civilizations" book has rare images of a similar set from a famous barrow near the Azov Sea. < PREVIOUS