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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...

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...

Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

"A group of men and women in traditional embroidered dress took the stage at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 5, 1922, for a performance that...

The article was written by a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Viktor Shyshkin and was first published in 2007 in Ukrainian newspaper...

March 8, 2025. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer.  For centuries, historians and linguists...

"Main engine unit RD-843, incorporated into a liquid propulsion system for the 4th stage of LV “Vega”, was developed by Design Office “Yuzhnoe”...

The official readout of the speech: http://ukraineun.org/en/press-center/411-statement-by-deputy-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-ukraine-mr-sergiy-kyslytsya-at-the-united-nations-security-council-briefing-on-ukraine/ Translation of the Address to the Russians Finishing my speech, I will switch to Russian language so that I may be...

April 25, 1945, the day American troops and the troops of the First Ukrainian Front met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany...

In 1892, a prominent maritime painter of Armenian descent born in Crimea, Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), made a gift to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington,...

"Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey...

Twenty-five years ago, Ukraine was the world's third-largest nuclear power, with more warheads than the United Kingdom, France and China combined. The government in...

Congratulations to Sergei Loznitsa on winning the Best Director Prize (Prix de la mise-en-scène) in the selection "Un Certain Regard" (a parallel competition for films...

“Having transported his army across the Thracian Bosporus via a bridge built by Mandrocles, Darius easily conquered the Thracian tribes and port cities of...

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...