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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...

Herodotus gave the most detailed description of Scythia in his work written about 480–420 BC. Most likely, the Greek historian made a visit to...

Priscus of Panium was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian who, in 448/449 AD, accompanied Maximinus, the head of the Byzantine embassy representing Emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450), on a diplomatic mission to the...

Agathangel Krymsky (1871-1942) was a polyglot who was fluent in 35 languages ​​(some estimates put it at up to 60), including Arabic, Persian, Turkish,...

Soviet Academician Borys Rybakov, in his monograph ‘Handicraft of Ancient Rus’, wrote in 1948: “Funeral rites of the Middle Dnieper region in the 9th-10th centuries...

Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...

"With thousands of Liverpool supporters travelling to Kiev for the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday, we've put together a handy guide...

Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) wrote in his famous book 'Travels in Russia' which became a bestseller in 19th-century Europe: "There is nothing in which the...

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,...

Battle of Galicia also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the...

"The Kremlin is not like any other palace, it is a city in itself; a city that forms the ioot of Moscow, and that...

"The social, intellectual, and political state of present Russia is the result, and, so to speak, the resume, of the reigns of Ivan IV.,...

One of Trump's most repeated lies about Ukraine is his claim that Europe has provided only $100 billion in aid while the U.S. has...

85 years ago, on 30.09.1938, Neville Chamberlain after negotiating with Adolf Hitler proudly proclaimed to have achieved Peace in Our Time. Part of that...

Anacharsis was a legendary Scythian prince who made a trip to Athens in 6th century B.C. and made a friend with the famous Greek...

"Although not the largest biplanes ever, the biggest double-wing aircraft currently in common use is the Antonov An-2 / An-3, which has a wingspan of 18.8...

There are indications the Russian warship "Admiral Makarov" was hit with a Ukrainian Neptune missile. A ship is on fire near Snake Island in...

The Golden Pectoral and the Scythian sword in golden scabbards were saved by the large chunk of earth that had fallen from the ceiling...