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Scythian Language: Proto-Indo-European, NOT Iranian
Scythian Theory Boxhorn In 1647, Leiden professor of eloquence Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn published a dissertation arguing for the Scythian origin of the Greek, Roman, and...
Scythian Supreme Goddess Tabiti: The only Indo-Aryan female Fire Deity
Herodotus According to Greek historian Herodotus, the Scythian religion centered on seven divinities. He described them in the following way: The only gods the Scythians try...
Scythian Cavalry Heavy Armor: What museum recreation revealed
Gladkivshchina Kurgan #2 In 1982, researchers explored a burial site unique in its composition and state of preservation near the village of Gladkovshchina in central...
Scythian Top-Rank Warlords on Gaimanov Golden Bowl: Their faces, outfits &...
The famous 4th-century BC gilded silver bowl decorated with reliefs of elite Scythian warriors was discovered in the Gaimanova Mohyla Royal kurgan in the...
Scythian Armor Technology: Unique 5th-century BC iron scaly full protecive suit...
1976 December issue of The UNESCO Courier had the following passage: “How Scythian horsemen of 2,500 years ago dressed, and the kind of equipment they...
Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
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Israeli currency features notable Jewish figures from Ukraine
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This man coined the word ‘Genocide’. Here is Dr Lemkin’s speech...
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The Rus on al-Kashgari Map of 1074
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Morowlin, not Muromets, was the true name of the famous bogatyr...
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Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994
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‘Putin Suicide” Monument in Kyiv
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‘Kremlin’ derives from Tartar word for fortress
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Vitaly Klitschko inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame
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Signature of Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa. Signature of Moscovy Tzar Peter I
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