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Amazons in European Scythia [Ukraine]: Fighting side-by-side with men
https://youtu.be/W58UguK4DEY In the past century, intense archaeological excavations of the Scythian period kurgans were conducted in Southern Ukraine. The findings revealed that in Scythian times, female...
Scythian Trousers & Their Decorations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2tin2JYhw Scythian artifacts offer a unique opportunity to explore the details of Scythian attire and weapons. For example, let’s take a closer look at one...
Stalin planned to deport ALL Ukrainians to Siberia after WW2, Khrushchev...
‘On the Cult of Personality’ was a report by Nikita Khrushchev, made to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union...
Not Iranians. Scythians originated in Ukraine [Yamna + Trypillia Cultures] –...
In 2025, an article by geneticists Lehti Saag, Olga Utevska, and a number of Ukrainian archaeologists was published ‘North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia 2500 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8T0Uowrltw When one searches for the boundaries of Scythia, one sees many different maps with boundaries stretching all the way to India and Afghanistan. While...
Scythian King with Famous Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine:...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z761ftJkko One of the largest Scythian Royal kurgans, the 18 meter-high Solokha kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the...
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Why Crane. About this Website
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It’s Ukrainian Flying Fortress, not Russian
Just today came across an article titled "Russian Flying Fortress - A powerful monster comes back to life! Unbelievably cool" which already gained many...
Mysterious inscription of the 10th century Rus. Possible similarity with Phoenician...
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