Heart-shaped ornamentations on Kyiv Rus textiles 1000 years ago. ‘Sacral Ivy’?
What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...
Decorated Heraldic Griffin pressed on leather from Alexandropol Kurgan
Alexeev A. Y. in the "Unknown griffins of Scythian Alexandropol kurgan" scientific article writes that during the excavations of 1854, a fragment of leather...
Griffin Pendants from 11th century Kyiv in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Temple Pendant with Filigree Border | Kyivan Rus’ | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: These temple pendants are decorated on one side with griffins, mythical...
Gold Phiale (Libation Bowl) from Solokha Scythian Kurgan
The phiale was found in the Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine.
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...
Famous Scythian Snake Goddess Gold Frontlet. Tsymbalka Kugan
Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...
Scythian Colored Ornament Patterns on Leather from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
The man in the central grave of Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan had a cuirass on him. The cuirass pauldrons (shoulder pads) had pieces of thick...
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...
Battle Scenes including Amazon Female Warrior on Gold Scabbard from Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan in...
The scabbard was recently exhibited in the Met Museum and here is how the Met Museum described it: "In the main frieze is a battle...
