Scythian golden gorytos found in Ukraine with the scenes of the Achilleid epic that...
The gorytos (bow-and-arrow holder) dates to the 4th century BC and it has the key scenes of the Achilleid epic that would be...
Kyiv Golden Gate at Winter Solstice
The picture was taken by the author of this post at noon (13 o'clock 'winter time') on December 20, 2023. 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...
Royal Child Burial in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Miniature wine vessels and rhyton
According to scholars, the royal child burial in Tovsta Mogyla is the only unlooted one known. Most likely the child had...
Waterfowl Scythian Pole-Top from Alexandropol Kurgan
Scythian bronze Pole-top: a waterfowl (swan?), 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine.
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Artemis’ Cult originated in Taurica, present-day Crimea?
"Properly speaking Artemis stands for something different from either Demeter or Aphrodite. She stands for the fact of life itself as...
Oguz Barrow Artifacts: Scythian Horses’ Harness Decorations
You can read about the Oguz Royal Scythian Kurgan here.
Unique Pole top with Papaiosa [Scythian Zeus] and Scythian World Tree
"The only gods they try to appease are Hestia, who is their most important divinity, Zeus, and Earth," whom they consider...
Scythian Battle-Scene Golden Comb from Solokha Kurgan in Ukraine
Famous Scythologist and Dr. of History Anastasia Mantsevich (1899-1982) in her book "Kurgan Solokha" wrote that the bronze helmet found on...
