Zoroastrian Circular Cities: Darabgerd, Gur, Balkh
The city of Darabgerd was one of the most famous of the Persian cities. Its ruins are located 9 km southwest...
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...
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...
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...
Scythian Artifacts from ancient Taurida (Crimea) finally returned to Ukraine from Netherlands
AMSTERDAM, June 9, 2023 - Ancient Crimean gold artifacts that were on show abroad should be returned to Ukraine, and not...
Spain seizes ancient Scythian gold jewellery stolen from Ukraine worth $64 million
MADRID, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Spain has seized ancient gold artefacts valued at 60 million euros ($63.6 million) stolen from Ukraine...
‘God Pan playing flute and two goats’ on Scythian sword handle from Tovsta Mogyla...
In the triangle on the sword’s handle, there is a representation of the god Pan playing on his syringa (Pan flute...
Grasshoppers on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla
The ends of the lower zone of the Pectoral terminate in the hounds coursing hares and grasshoppers confronting each other. Already...
Women fought in the ranks of Sviatoslav the Brave’s army in the 10th century...
John Skylitzes, a Byzantine historian of the 11th century described a notable event that took place on Bulgarian soil several decades...
Burial of a Scythian Amazon noble in the Dnipro region of Ukraine
Not far from the city of Nikopol in the Dnipro region of Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper River...
