Amazons, Greeks, Scythians, Saurometae: Herodotus’ alleged visit to Amazons’ capital of...

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“On his return journey , besides Colchis, we can note another region whose narrative conveys a "presence effect." Herodotus several times mentions the city...

Herodotus Measures Black Sea Coast

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“Having obtained indisputable data on Herodotus's sea voyage around the Crimean Peninsula, confirming the high accuracy of his measurements, we must return to those...

Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia

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“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...

‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century...

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"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...

Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the...

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Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...

Darius the Great Flees Scythia/Ukraine: Saved by donkeys and the bridge

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“Darius sent a horseman to Idanthyrsos king of the Scythians with this message: "You extraordinary man! Why do you keep fleeing when you certainly...

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John Steinbeck describes post-WW2 Ukraine. (1947 Kyiv trip)

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Ibn al-Nadim (died 995) was an important Muslim bibliographer and biographer of Baghdad who compiled the encyclopedia Kitāb al-Fihrist (The Book Catalogue). His work contains an interesting passage on the Rus in a...

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Catherine II brought German Mennonites to Ukraine. A century later they...

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Amazons Female Warriors Burials in Scythia [present-day Ukraine]

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Dr. Olena E. Fialko of Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in her recently published work "Scythian Female Warriors in...

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