Papaiosa [Scythian Zeus] and Scythian World Tree unique pole-top
"The only gods they try to appease are Hestia, who is their most important divinity, Zeus, and Earth," whom they consider to be 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...
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...
Krasnokutsk Scythian Barrow & northern European beast-style millennium later
"In the same neighbourhood as Chertomlyk is the Krasnokutsk barrow. In its mound Zabélin found the fragments of a funeral car broken up and...
Tsymbalka Kurgan: Scythian Serpent Goddess
"On the S. side of the river, in the district of Melitopol, government of Taurida, is the barrow Tsymbalka near Bélozérka. As usual, the...
Who Was Buried in Alexandropol Kurgan: Skulls from Scythian Royal Barrow
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,...
Scythian Funeral Cart from Alexandropol Kurgan
During the summer of 1856, A.E. Liutsenko reported finding the remains of a Scythian funeral cart in the kurgan. Considering its closeness to the...
Gold Decorations of Horse’s Harness from Alexandropol Royal Kurgan
According to archaeologists, at least 14 horse burials were discovered intact in Alexandropol Royal Kurgan. Near the central chamber, a fully harnessed horse was...
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...
Scythian Goddess Argimpasa [Aphrodite Ourania] Pole-Top
Scythian bronze Pole-top: a Scythian goddess, 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. Scholars like M. Rostovtzeff thought that the goddess was Argimpasa: "......
