Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher and prince
Cicero: "Could the Scythian Anacharsis disregard money, and shall not our philosophers be able to do so? We are informed of an epistle of...
Eastern Ukraine, Don region 220 years ago: Edward Clarke’s eyewitness account of the population
The quotes below are from the bestselling book of the 18th century 'Travels in Russia' written by a British traveler Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822)....
Funeral ritual performed by warriors of Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv after the Battle...
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...
Scythian Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogila, Ukraine
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...
The first Scorched Earth policy was used by Scythians in the area of what...
Scorched earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and...
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...
Famous Scythian Snake Goddess: Gold Frontlet from Tsymbalka Kurgan in Ukraine
Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...
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......
Siversky Donets River, not the Don, is the Tanais of Ptolemy and Herodotus: Eastern...
Ptolemy, the famed Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, in his second most well-known work, Geography (Book 3.5), provides coordinates of the...
Cromlech/ Stone Circle inside Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
A cromlech is a megalithic circle made of large stones arranged vertically, often around a tomb or place of worship. (Stonehenge is the most famous example...
