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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...

“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

Lelechenko is a beautiful Ukrainian last name because it derives from the Ukrainian word leleka which in English means stork. Unfortunately, many popular accounts of the Chornobyl...

“The bloody mire of the Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is...

al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...

Marquis de Custine in his La Russie en 1839 coined the description of Russia as the prison of the peoples. Below are the quotes from...

When Russian president Vladimir Putin celebrated the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, he claimed the disputed peninsula was “spiritually” inseparable from...

Without the invention of anti-reflection lens coatings, modern lenses couldn’t exist. With nothing added to the surface of a glass lens, about 4% of...

Situla (plural situlae), from the Latin word for 'bucket' or 'pail', is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels...

Director Mstyslav Chernov while accepting the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for 20 Days In Mariupol: “This is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history. And...

"What was Herodotus' goal in undertaking a journey to the northern shore of Pontus ? What cities known to us does he mention? Where...

"Sado, taking a pick-axe and spade, had gone with his relatives to dig a grave for his son. The old grandfather sat by the...

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...

Scythian bronze Pole-top: figures of griffins, 4th c. B.C., Alexandropol Kurgan, Dnipro region, Ukraine. < Scythian Trident Pole Top ...