Should Ukraine return to Crimea its historic name of Taurica?
Wikipedia quote: "Called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period (16-19th c.), Crimea has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe......
Scythian Wild Boar Silver Rhyton found in Ukraine but now in Louvre, France
From the little available information, the rhyton was stolen by Moscow and sold to France. Now in Louvre. "Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus" book has...
Athenian-type helmet from Scythian barrow in Ukraine
In 1845, near the village of Zvenyhorodka in the Cherkasy oblast of Ukraine, a notable barrow was opened. The barrow was different from the...
Zoroastrian King of Armenia Tigranes II: Halley’s Comet on his Crown
Tigranes the Great (140–55 BC), was a member of the Artaxiad dynasty and King of Armenia from 95 BC to 55 BC. Under his reign, the...
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...
Iphigenia in Tauris, modern-day Crimea
Iphigenia in Tauris (Ancient Greek: Iphigeneia en Taurois) is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BC. Although Wikipedia states that 'there...
Ivory Artifact from Bilsk Scythian settlement in Ukraine; Its striking resemblance to Artifacts from...
Iryna Shramko an Assistant Professor at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University wrote in a scientific article The Dentine Enigma of Western Bilsk: "A...
Oguz Scythian Royal Kurgan: Second Largest in Ukraine
With 20m in height, Oguz was the second-largest Scythian barrow situated in the lower Dnieper area. Alexandropol Kurgan was the first with 24m, Chertomlyk...
Serpent Goddess and Progenitress of the Scythian Nation: Gold frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in...
"On the S. side of the river, in the district of Melitopol, government of Taurida, is the barrow Tsymbalka near Bélozérka. As usual, the...
Androphagi-Cannibals of the ancient Europe described by Herodotus lived in the area of present-day...
"These farming Scythians inhabit a land stretching eastward a three days' journey to a river called Panticapes, and northward as far as an eleven...
